Anxiety

A very personal poem...

Ice packets surround my heart

and I've a flesh boom box

b-b-booming in my ears

my body's trembling

and all reality fades

I'm floating!

Everything has gone topsy turvy

my stomach flipping in somersaults

vision is growing black

chest is gripping tight

feeling faint!

my hands those of a corpse

what a life I have lived

to suffer such a thing as this

a fight or flight sensation

pure fear and sickness

gripping and sincere

what reason have you to haunt me?

Reviews

[Dr. Wood ?]

terrific final line...You conveyed your feelings with some skill I thought

[Miss Gorey]

Thank you!

[Emma Pond]

I often have anxiety attacks, not very severe, but you definitely portrayed it well!x

[lee von cleef]

Finding your bodies unknown adventures, unsolicited spurring, scares the s**t out of me too.

[zainul]

I don't know how to express my feeling without hurting you.
But,I have to do it anyway.
Thanks to the panic attack which has inspired you to write such a flawless poem!

[Miss Gorey]

LOL it didn't hurt me. I will say the panic attacks are nothing to thank, though because they are quite scary and I get them too often in life, but they did make it possible to attempt to put these feelings into words.

[zainul]

Just I meant that.
And you have taken it so easy!
Thanks a lot.
Why it happens to you?
Is it inherited?

[Miss Gorey]

It does run in my family, I have panic disorder.

[zainul]

I thought so.
Thanks for nicely coping with this disorder.

[Miss Gorey]

Writing definitely helps me cope :)

[zainul]

I understand.
It helps to release through sharing.

[Mark D]

Amazing! I think you brought the feeling to life more than you realize.

Well done and thanks

[Chris]

the intensity doesn't fade.

[no sun]

You capture it well. I have never had one but I love and have lived with many that have. This is good writing!