A poem about what it feels like to have a panic attack.

Can’t breath
Can’t move
Can’t even scream
Every molecule bursting
At the seam

A narrow hallway
With nothing but shut doors
My mind feels like its going to implode
Incessantly beating against the rocks
With no escape
Just too many locks

A large black hole
Spiraling out of control
There nothing to hold on to
There’s no where to go

Its gonna eat me up
It’s gonna suck me in
It’s gonna devour me whole
Until I can breath again

It feeds on my fear
It makes me shake
Bent over backwards
I’m gonna break

The life’s being squeezed out of me
The whole worlds closing in
I’m stuck in a vice
Until I can breath again

There’s a fine line
Between what’s real
And what’s not
But I don’t really care
I just want it to stop

I’m gonna fight it
I’m not gonna give in
But the weights gonna crush me
Until I can breath again

Just another black out
From this panic attack
I guess too much stress
Is laying heavy on my back

 

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Copyright © 2009 Tanya Kime-Wallace


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  • dmccusker11 on Jun 18, 2009

    i fear of having a panic attack..nice write

  • ken bultman on Jun 18, 2009

    Wow! I had to get my own breath back before I could comment. Gasp. Very descriptive word picture. Good post.

  • Ruby Hawk on Jun 18, 2009

    panic attacks sounds bad. I have never had one but I know people who have.

  • Count Valandingham on Jun 18, 2009

    I hate panic attacks, but like this very much. Excellent job.

  • irishpen on Jun 19, 2009

    This is so vivid. And the pic matches it! Just great! (hope you are ok!)

  • valli on Jun 19, 2009

    Oh, it’s scary!

  • StumbleUponWriter on Jun 21, 2009

    An online friend showed me the link to this picture before. If I’m correct the name of the painting is Scream or some sort. I love the flow of words you use for this poem. Keep it up.. ;)

  • Tahnee Smith on Jun 22, 2009

    so so true!! scary but true! you captured it perfectly.

  • Mystify on Jun 23, 2009

    Thanks for all your comments everyone.I always enjoy reading them.

  • MJ Sunderland on Jun 15, 2010

    Great work. I love dark poems like this.

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