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Anxiety
So many people,
surrounding me.
making walls,
so I can’t breathe.
My heart hammering
in my chest,
as I push to get through
but there are too many.
Too many sounds,
too many people,
too many thoughts
running through my head.
Then I feel my body crumble,
as my knees hit the pavement.
I put my hands on my ears,
trying to block it all out,
but I still can’t hear
my own heartbeat.
There are too many sounds.
sounds of thumping feet,
loud shouts
and happy shrieks.
the sounds
coiling around my lungs
making it impossible
to breathe.
Above all the voices,
there is a
faint whisper echoing
“anxiety, anxiety,anxiety...”
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