Emo poet alert.

[ladymirth]

Exhaustion

Was there ever a time
When breath was free?
Shadows not rise up
To strangle me
Bile in my throat
Sure as sea tide
Worried mists
Film over eyes
Shaking fingers
Interlocked
Praying to gods
I know not of
To  pull me from
This labyrinth
Bring this game
To an end
 
Unbidden, thin
Thoughts a-whirl
Chase each other
In a circle
Exhausted eyes
Long to close
In one numb night's
Brief repose
White tablets
Of false hope
I am now
Only an echo
Of the self 
I used to be
Before..
  

Anxiety attack

Spasms ripple
Across my face
Scrunched in 
Fretful grimace
One moment
Braced
For a burst 
Of panic
Now given way 
To rage
Numb fingers 
Fisted
Now flop
Listless
Tension leaks
Out in a yawn
A moment’s 
Interval
Till the next
Upheaval
My patience
Long thin worn