Anxiety

This poem is about how I tend to feel since I suffer from social anxiety.

Hold your breath as they walk past you, 

I can't breath what should I do, 

I can't communicate I'm too afraid, 

Was this how I was supposed to be made? 

I feel like a fool when I communicate with someone, 

What if my anxiety prevents me from finding the one? 

Can I grow out of this? 

Is being normal just a petty wish? 

I want to be like everyone else, but how? 

As they talk to me my thoughts stop me now, 

I can't communicate I'm too afraid, 

I'm too afraid of the embarrassment that I will be paid. 

Why do I feel this way? 

Suffocating from embarrassment and anxiety I will stay, 

For I don't want help, 

So inside my head I yelp. 

I yelp from internal pain, 

With this disorder what is there to gain? 

I want freedom, 

I don't want to feel low or medium, 

I want to feel what normal people feel, 

I wish this disorder didn't steal.

Reviews

[Silver]

I can connect with poem on so many levels. I often don't know how to talk to people about how I feel, because I don't know how to talk to people period, but this poem describes the feeling perfectly. I love the flow of this poem and the rhymes. Wonderful piece!

[Amy]

Thank you for the positive feedback! Hopefully one day everyone in the world doesn't suffer from anxiety.

[lessa (kenzie)]

very poetic and deeply emotional really. nicely expressed

[Amy]

Thank you!