Anxiety

My constant torturer. 

Lurking just out of reach,

Feeding off every negative thought.

Choking me with my own words.

I pray for a breath, 

A breath without pain.

I bow down to you in fear.

This is no longer my body.

Who is that creature staring back?

Sunken cheeks and dark eyes.

Eyes of something no longer living.

Slowly dying, wasting away. 

Reviews

[Ballpark Frank]

I've been there. It is hard. Good writing!

[Onlyme]

This is raw, heartfelt true description of anxiety and what it does to you. Makes you feel all

[Andrew Clay Otten]

I like this keep your head up!

[SmittyJas]

This for sure is the way Anxiety make you feel from the inside our it turns your stomach in knots.

[Ebrar]

This is amazing piece of writ.

[K.M]

This is beautiful Cheyenne! Great job :) 10/10

[Bare trees]

To be held in mental chains is something no one wants. Its slow torture. Life is not lived and its simple joys are beyond reach. I hope you and your sister find relief from it.

[Poetic champion composi..]

Nice job ................................

[barleygirl]

Definitely the best description I've read of anxiety. There's another good one here describing an anxiety attack (pardon my forgetfulness, I can't say who wrote it), but that's quite a bit different than the everyday variety of anxiety that chokes the life out of a life. "A breath without pain" . . . anyone who hasn't experienced it, cannot appreciate how psychic pain can be just as debilitating as physical pain. Great message to spread the understanding.

[Cheyenne]

It is a painful thing to live with and my little sister has it more constant than I do and I can't imagine how she handles it!