Anxiety
By Charlotte Nitschke
When I awaken to a weight on my chest,
I think of all the things I couldn’t leave to rest
These thoughts just will not settle and nest
And there’s this thing that I cannot test
Most nights I lay awake
Similar to how in panic I shake
And I cannot take
The feelings of ache
In my body
There is a secret that will not surface
But then you came along and put those
Thoughts in their place
You come running each time
And tell me that it will all be fine
Even when I’m telling you to
Leave me behind.
You help me quieten my mind
Even when all my thoughts unwind
And I start to feel my chest bind
I know you won’t leave me behind
I must tell you that I keep these things hidden
All of my anxieties, they are unbidden
But then you came in and its like though they were unwritten
You knew they were there.
There is a secret that will not surface
But then you came along and put those
Thoughts in their place
You come running each time
And tell me that it will all be fine
Even when I’m telling you to
Leave me behind.
You help me quieten my mind
Even when all my thoughts unwind
And I start to feel my chest bind
I know you won’t leave me behind
There is something about they way you hug
The way you talk
The way you tell me its okay
The way you’re quiet
The way you hold me in my fear.
There is a depth I would fall in
Yet you would come and pull me back up
You never let me fall and drown
And for that you deserve a crown
Only you have been able to tell me things are gonna be okay
And I’ve been able to listen to you.
Even when I tell you to go away
When I tell you to just leave
You never do
And I must admit that makes me brave
It makes me understand that there is something out there for me to stay alive for
When I start shaking
And hyperventilating
You can always tell
And I appreciate that you
Just let me do
What I need to
To survive
I know that most days
I annoy you because there’s
Always something that is wrong
But I cannot help that I am this way
I cannot help how I feel
I cannot control the anxiety
But then you came along.
There is a secret that will not surface
But then you came along and put those
Thoughts in their place
You come running each time
And tell me that it will all be fine
Even when I’m telling you to
Leave me behind.
You help me quieten my mind
Even when all my thoughts unwind
And I start to feel my chest bind
I know you won’t leave me behind
Oh I know you won’t leave me behind.

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