a brief moment of panic
with a touch of fear and frustration
thinking thinking thinking
too much about
everything
waves of anxiety crash down
around my ears
my hands shake so violently
i can’t read a single word
i’m trying to write
nails are being hammered
into my skull
because it may as well be splitting in two
all i can see is
static
it’s like
there’s perfectly good oxygen right there
but i’m drowning anyway
because god damn my
stupid, idiotic lungs
can’t breathe anyway
but then
everything clears away
the ringing in my ears fades
i can hear music again
the sun shines
my lungs breathe again
with a touch of fear and frustration
thinking thinking thinking
too much about
everything
waves of anxiety crash down
around my ears
my hands shake so violently
i can’t read a single word
i’m trying to write
nails are being hammered
into my skull
because it may as well be splitting in two
all i can see is
static
it’s like
there’s perfectly good oxygen right there
but i’m drowning anyway
because god damn my
stupid, idiotic lungs
can’t breathe anyway
but then
everything clears away
the ringing in my ears fades
i can hear music again
the sun shines
my lungs breathe again