Anxiety
The convulsions of my nerves are amplifying
To form a mob of social angst
My stomach churning in the darkness of my body
Because its contents want to see the light again.
Sweat is quaking on my upper lip
my lip is quivering
Trying to break dance right off of my face
Onto the stage of the classroom.
My voice cracks like lightning but only as
Loud as a squeak from a mouse.
Catching the eyes of everyone
I clutched in stillness
Just like a mouse
That doesn’t have a reason
To be scared in a room
Full of elephants
my moment
That I was supposed to shine in.
I was stepped on by an imaginary nemesis called
Anxiety.