Unrelenting anxiety

A letter to Anxiety

Unrelenting anxiety

Unrelenting anxiety,

A question for thee.

How is it,

In the hour to achieve,

You make one flee?

Or need to pee?

 

Why is it,

In the hour to concentrate and focus,

You commission breathing into disarray?

When wanting to complete a creation with imagination,

You seek to overwhelm.

Banish one into desolation?

 

And talking of seeking.

Why do the make the doubts sprout?

You know what I am talking about.

Unable to trust actions.

Then seeking reassurance from others.

'Am I doing it right?'

'Am I doing it wrong?'

'Can you check this and that?'

Causing so much annoyance.

With procrastination,

Rumination,

And all this avoidance.

 

You conspire in the shadows,

Contrive to confuse,

Cause negative reflections of the social life,

Lengthy audits of my health at night,

Obsessive compulsions disorientating one.

And all the while,

Crippling mentally,

Shaking uncontrollably,

Tense beyond proximity,

Unrelenting Anxiety.

Author's Note

A letter as if written by some of those experiencing constant anxiety, asking questions related to their symptoms.

From 'The Depression Collection'

Reviews

[HeyJadeXO]

Very interesting piece indeed.The feelings of anxiety are portrayed perfectly.Great job !