_Anxiety
Panic Stops.
My Heart
Then it st-st-stutters-s
Nonstop
Racking up the points (1, 2, 3, … 5,000, …)
In an unknown game
I scratch at my chest
Begging it to stop
But my hands
Slide
Off
Off
Sweat leaves no grip
Shaking
Light-headed
I’ve melted to the floor
I feel
My body crumble
No string
Or kind words
Can stitch me back to ge ther
I am crushed
A thousand things to do,
Terrible thoughts *unspoken*,
I cannot accomplish anything
There is a worthless
Garbage
Inside of me
My insides are SCREAMING
I am SCREAMING
No one is listening…
They hear
Nothing.
The voices in my head
They were right
A failure
-That’s all I am
And all because
Of something that happened
Four years ago