anxiety
I feel the heat in my face
The pounding of my heart
The tightness in my chest
The motion of my leg
The shaking of my hand
And the low self worth
May I go to the restroom please?
Before I pass out on this floor
Anxious poems
Anxious poems — a collection of the best works on PoemShip.
lip picker
My eyes arent actually seeing
My brain isnt actually thinking
Its not enacting any movement knowingly
But my fingers are hard at work
Peeling at my mouth
Pulling away translucent white and pink pieces
As my lips bleed
Ignoring my feelings
Hiding my issues with the feeling
Feeling my heartbeat in my exposed wound of my top lip
Feeling the sting of the contact
While my brain is floating in space
That's why I'm a lip picker
Maybe itll help
thoughts
I dont like to think
My thoughts always turn
From one thing
To the next
To the next
Thinking is hard for me now
I cant think without having trouble breathing
Or without a knot in my stomach
A tightness in my heart
A pain in my head
It showing through my art
I can't think anymore
But I cant stop
I sleep to not think
But they invade my dreams
I eat to distract
contradictory
I'm tired,
But I can't sleep.
I'm hungry,
But feel nauseous when I eat.
I'm not happy,
But I'm not necessarily sad.
I want to leave,
But I stay.
I want to breathe,
But the weight on my chest remains.
I want to be genuine,
But it's easier to put up a facade.
Why is everything I think,
And everything I do,
So contradictory?
I Begged
the stars, they signal pain
i begged to mars,
"please let it rain!"
let the clouds cover
the horrors that
threaten to
remain
i begged to to jupiter,
"please make me sane!"
let the clouds cover
the nightmares that
threaten to
return
again
Alter Ego
she is inside me
with brittle bones
with poisonous envy
she is my enemy
the alter-ego
the ultimate freak show
I lust for the day
when she goes away
But I fear
I fear
that she will always
be here
Anxiety
Cold sweat.
Fast breath
Stomach churning
Unending worry
Fingers drumming
Feet tapping
“I can't do it”
“They’re all staring”
“I’ll mess up”
“They’ll all laugh”
“Am I wrong?”
“Oh , how embarrassing”
‘What if say something wrong”
Nail biting
Paper crumpling
Hair twirling
Pounding
Crash, Bang, Boom
Noises in my head
Crash,Bang,Boom
I can't escape them
The pounding fills my brain
No thought can pass by
The pounding fills my brain
All I feel is pain
The thoughts never stop
They are screaming at me
The thoughts never stop
They are killing me
Secure
I secure my insecurities, in a metal box
I secure my insecurities, boy there are a lot
I secure my insecurities, with a lock and key
I secure my insecurities, so they won't bother me
I trap my feelings, deep inside
I trap my feelings, were you'll never find
I trap my feelings, behind a smiley wall
I trap my feelings, but it soon must fall
I imprison my memories, behind a wall of bricks
I imprison my memories, hold them back very strict
I imprison my memories, for they are dark and dim
I imprison my memories, to protect me from them
Poem #6: The Crow
The crow mocks me
It follows me home
It’s all that I see
And I’m never alone
It haunts my shadows
It tears my flesh
Its cries ring through me
And I’m a mess
The crow it mocks me
It leaves me here
The crow it mocks me
I’m dying of fear
Poem #4: Again
The sharp pain is good
Distractions
Again
Red flows, my hands stained
Pain helps
Again
Another tally on my hip
Punishment
Again
Pain becomes worse, it starts to hurt
Another mark
Again
The scar tissue is scratched away
Pain
Again
I want to stop, I cannot
Poem #22: Cage
I’m in a cage,
Back against the wall,
Squeezed in a box,
Feet on the side,
I’m suffocating slowly,
No one notices,
I’m trapped in a cage,
A freak on the show,
For the demons in my mind,
And still no one knows
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