Resurface
A pounding heartbeat
Sweaty palms and shaky hands
Dread
Taking over your entire body
It’s everywhere
You can’t move
Trapped in place
Trapped in your own mind
Fear wrapping around you
Like ropes
Pressing into your skin
Holding you in place
Inescapable
A weight
A sinking feeling
Dragging you down deeper
Into the darkness
Alone
Afraid
Surrounded by nothingness
The light is fading
It’s endless
It’s suffocating
But it can’t win
Fight
Against the binds holding you in place
Escape the fear
The weight
The endlessness
Relax
Take a deep breath
In and out
Look for the light
Resurface
This poem is about:
Me
Our world