Anxiety feels like
An earthquake happening within the body and mind
A tremble of the hands, the legs, and the voice
All struggling to carry a weight all too heavy, all too loud, all too worried
Crumbling beneath the heaviness of over-thinking and wanting to leave
Wanting to not exist just for that moment because you’re afraid of the heart
Knocking at the chest. Of falling out, of falling down to pit of stomach
Ceasing the breath that continues the moment
That comes out in a ragged rhythm as if in pain of coming out at all
Pausing because the mind whispers “You cannot breathe so you should not talk”
“You cannot breathe so why should you walk”
So you collapse and it’s tough
Because the ground is cold and fighting against you like everything else
Fighting against you like your very own mind
Who fights against your very own body
And the Earth just keeps on shaking.
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