nerves
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Me and the world are holding on to peace like it's 1969
but really though
Like a nation at war we are tied
What a conceptual terror that is
Like a world at peace we are bound
Fear grips me, my heart races and sweat trickles down my back and anxiety takes over.
Gradually, my panic is reduced to nervousness.
I keep playing after I miss the ball, the coach yells at me.
ANXIETY
The endless thoughts,
The hesitations.
The stomach aches,
Headaches,
Tears.
Holding herself back,
ANXIETY
The endless thoughts,
The hesitations.
The stomach aches,
Headaches,
Tears.
Holding herself back,
At the top of the bleachers in an unfamiliar school, judges look out over a vast crowd.
Speakers over 8 feet tall are stacked together blasting 90’s, 2K, and Today’s music,
Abigail SullivanPart 1: A Letter to Cerebral Ameloid Angiopathy.
Out of nowhere, you chose my dad as a potential victim to interrogate.
Fallen Shoulders
Once Raised High
Gardens Growing Up like Vines
Flower fields place their Roots
Deep within the Spine they Loop
Beneath Between Around About
The Cord that Dances
Up to the Crown.
A dry mouth and sweaty hands
Eager eyes glued to mine
While I found my line.
The words were written down in black
Doublespaced, in case I lost track
Fear in my head
But in my heart,
The world is silent and tired,having borne the weight of a thousand restless soulsand the window pane shivers as the night drags on and I feelalmost sorrybut I can see little diamonds coruscating in the darkness,constellations dancing a story olde
Peaking anxiety
No where to run
Just so hard
To get the job done
Red in the face
Heart rate not paced
Faster and faster
Anxiety increased
Bam, the door closes
Your toe is in between
Oww, oww, you yell and jump around while holding your leg
Sensory nerves from your toes
Shoots up your body to the brain
Nerves racing,
heart pounding,
I walk up to the stage.
I have to read this poem
(just some words written on a page).
They're Robert Frost's
"Wind and Window Flower"
so beautiful but far;
Before I step onto the floor,
My legs being to shake.
I hear the people roar,
My stomach starts to ache.
