ANXIETY

My heart beats like thunder … I try

To stop the wonder in my mind

But the pictures replay

As if in rewind

Sweaty and unsteady are my hands … I try

Calming my emotion—thinking of the ocean

I’m drowned by the sound

Of the whiplash in my past

It's heavy and strangling me … I try

But I can’t breathe

The pain is lingering in my chest

Like I’m in cardiac arrest

I want to cry … I try

But the tears won’t fall

They’re held back—entrapped

By this ANXIETY ATTACK!

Lay