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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