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

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