Ode to the People Who Say Anxiety Is Just Nervousness

Ode to the people who say anxiety is just nervousness

Most days tests cause nervousness to strike in my brain like a whip to the skin

But anxiety burns, anxiety is the sting after the bee has stung

Anxiety

Causes red faces, and dizzy minded…

People

Most days “nervousness” makes me shiver like the harsh wind blowing cold air through my hair

Whereas anxiety is the wind that knocks me off my feet

They go flying

The most I miss of childhood memories, are those nights where anxiety didn't pull at my sheets

Eager to depress me to the worries of tomorrow

Most nights I guess i'm nervous of my own thoughts that keep me up at night

Whereas the unexpected students walk through unspoken hallways

And when those forbidden doors open strikes anxiety to let loose like a dog off its leash in my brain

What I mean is I cant walk through my own school;

Scared

Of the unknown that may not even happen

But in words that you will understand

I'm just nervous about a math test next period

-Lyrical