The Edge

Thoughts driving me to the edge of sanity

My mind is a highway for the traffic that congests my mind

Intersecting and intertwining anxieties and frustration

Into a grenade inside my head

Threatening to shatter every last sense of normality within me

 

I’ve lost the connection between my heart and my mind

Balance and rationality have become far gone

Disappeared between the cracks

Of comprehension and perception

 

Hope faltering and fading

Into the distance as my mind travels on

Unable to settle on a conclusion

The solution to my anxiety seems lost and impossible

For it is too late into the night now

Sleep seems like a challenge that I must face

And only fall into the depths of slumber if the traffic

Manages to give way to some reasoning

 

For now

I am lost without reason

Drifting onwards into the chilling pits

Of where my worry overwhelms me

I will get out

I will escape

When my mind

Begins to settle.

 

Author's Note

Let me know what you think...
Poem I wrote late at night about experiencing anxiety, funnily enough, at night time.

Reviews

[Madalyn Beck]

This is powerful and reached me. I know how this goes with my anxiety. It is a difficult feeling to work with and one of the hardest to overcome (at least for me).

You've expressed yourself well and the flow is amazing - like the process of an anxious mind. Perfect. :)

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you Madalyn, I appreciate it :)

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

I love the poem. Such an amazing write. Nicely done. :)

[Stefanie Holmes]

I think you captured the feelings of anxiety perfectly in this piece. I enjoyed the metaphors you incorporated and overall I think you did a great job with this one.

~Stefanie

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you, Stefanie :)

[AprilRN1210]

You have done a very good job girl... The scattered, noisy thoughts on that highway can get congested, bumpy, and stop any progress that you try to make.. It can be frustrating and overwhelming the mind and plague you with such anguish and despair.. It will consume rationality and not allow you to think clearly let alone rest or have any peaceful slumber... Things have a way of coming back stronger than before if you try to push them to the back of your mind.. your word choice and descriptions are exquisite in this piece ma'am... You have described this affliction so well.. and the flow is amazing.... :)

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you April, that is very kind of you :)

[AprilRN1210]

you're welcome, it was my pleasure.. I really did enjoy..

[Brook]

We all have nights like this. You've wrote it very well and I love the way it flows. Beautiful job.

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you Brookly, that is very sweet of you :)

[Lucid Dreamer]

I get nights like this all the time and I'm happy to see you write about it. I can connect with this poem and enjoyed because of that and because of the great writing. Great poem!

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you, Lucid Dreamer :)

[Lucid Dreamer]

You're welcome! :)

[Jennie Baron]

Drawing on my experience when I've felt similarly, the highway image is definitely apt. I like that, as I try to do in my poems, you end on that note of hope that is so hard to see when we're in the midst of such anxiety.

[Chloe_Spence]

Thank you very much Jennie :)