Chain reaction

 

Brain freezes over,

aching joints,

foggy memories.

won't ease.

I've reached that point,

that steady malaise,

as the shady grey colour filter,

clouds like smudges of clay,

smother the sky.

I can't bring myself to rise.

I'm just here lying, empty, crying

with closed eyes,

as weariness

eats away my day.

 

Head pounding,

brain sounding

warning alarms.

How can I feel calm?

when my blood is warming

and its coming to the boil,

I feel the bubbles rising, frothing,

exorcising demons from within.

Heat intensifying

just under the surface,

beneath itching skin.

I feel the cracks start

to splinter over my face.

Heart rate picks up pace,

panic blurs my vision,

swings my mind all over the place

 

I'm twitching,

itching, pulse quickening, 

or slowing,

I can't work out which.

I feel pinprick feet of fear

crawl over my skin,

like army ants,

with knives embedded

in their boots.

I scratch

but the itch

is somewhere

deep within. I scratch

and all I feel is the peeling,

seeping outer layer,

like a blood splattered

cellophane wrapper

over my shell.

 

I feel like hell.

All fiery and burnt out.

Overcrowded thoughts

rushing about.

Jostling and jousting

my normal thoughts

in a death-match duel.

Which just makes it worse,

as you begin to feel a fool,

painting the face redder,

the panic stations heighten.

The chain reaction of anxiety

is frightening,

It strikes as quick as lightning,

then takes over your night entirely.

 

 

 

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