A flood of panic

 

Strobing warning lights

as the tasks pile up precariously,

like a stack of grenades,

and somebody has carelessly

opened the window on a blustery day.

Chatter inside sounds like crowds shouting loud

trying to ruin my tomorrow,

by not letting me sleep tonight.

 

An unwanted guest

must have pulled the emergency cord.

Now the brakes are screeching,

sparks flying, brain freaking.

Going overboard.

I think I'm dying.

A piercing sound rings out

like a smoke detector above

a volcanic cloud, echoing through

the cave between my ears. Alarming me,

alerting my fear to take control of the gears.

 

Panic meet doubt,

share a pew, you have

a lot of common goals to talk about.

In this room, noises boom, red lights flashing, 

air consumed by lung collapsing doom.

In the corner, my brain, quivering, insane,

is slowly shrinking into a quaking mass of pain.

The tasks keep on coming

but inside my brain is humming along.

Nervously shaking to the sirens song.

 

This is when the flood begins.

All sense, all tasks, every emotion,

good or bad, gets washed away.

Any energy reserves are leached,

diluted into the heaving waters

that are overwhelming me.

My sanity breached,

and the waters are still merely

swelling above my feet.

But the water keeps gushing.

Waterline rising higher as time flies,

it’s getting harder to scramble by,

my legs feel like paper straws

sat in a drink too long.

My brain is rushing to hit the flashing

reset button. To stop the flow before

it reaches any higher, and whisks me

away, somewhere far from home.

 

It's too late, the water is neck deep,

the room is full, but I almost feel at peace

as I can swim now, letting my mind rest,

In this submerged Atlantis.

I slowly allow myself

the luxurious watery caress,

It takes me to a place of peacefulness.

The panic eases, my eyelids heavy,

the water subsides.

I awake. In bed where I go

when the panic arrives.

 

 

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