Anxiety Bomb

A feeling I get when I'm surrounded by people I don't know

In the world without excuse
On suffocating crowded days
The panic is a valid threat
To yank my heart from out my chest

Like animals locked in a zoo
I shrivel from their choking gaze
Soon I suck in shallow breaths
Drenched in pins and needle sweat

I wasn’t taught these social cues
I try to mimic what they say
But I don’t know what’s wrong or right
No one understands my plight

Whatever’s real feels like a ruse
I wander in a clouded haze
Confusion is a parasite
Robbing me of sound and sight

I’m panicking, my screws are loose
I’m manic, twitching in my craze
They know I’m strange, see through my lies
Anxiety is on the rise

Their heated words ignite the fuse
Their presence is a constant blaze
I can’t withstand their flaming eyes
I’m burning and I’m paralyzed

Inside my head is where I view
My body start its countdown phase
Seconds until I reach eruption
From my strange social malfunction

They’re unaware of their abuse
Still smiling daggers in my face
Naive lives soon meet destruction
From my anxious bomb dsyfunction

Author's Note

Do you think this is relatable?