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A Poem I Wrote About Anxiety and the Power It Holds Over Us

By Karem SilveraPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
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Anxiety is many things. We all have anxieties in different ways.

I hate you

I hate everything about you

I hate how you make me feel like

I am in a closed space with no air

You are a jail cell

You trap me in a place that is

as dark as a black hole

You imprison me without a way out

I am as trapped as a bird in a cage

You are vile

You make me feel as cursed

as Egyptian maledictions

This should be nothing but sinful

I do not deserve this feeling of panic

You are sickening

Time stops as fast as a lightning

bolt strikes the earth’s grounds

Life stops for me and I am left

Stranded in a world alone

You are atrocious

You make me feel as depressed

as those who want to end their life

I get nauseous and dizzy, the room

Becomes real as it spins and dances

You are hurtful

My breathing stops as quick

as a runner moves from the starting line

to the finish line

My heart slows down as my breathing stops

I hate you

I hate how you make me feel

As though I am going to die

Of a heart attack on spot

I hate you

I hate what you do to me

I hate how you prevent me

From asking people questions

I hate you

I hate how you make me feel

As though I need to separate

Myself from society so I am not annoying

I hate you

I hate how you control me

Everyone has a demon

It just so happens that you are mine

~Karem

Just a nice video on coping strategies for those that do have bad anxiety.

I hope it helps—credit to the owner of the video.

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