Poetry From The Heart & Mind

The night of an overthinker

Thoughts

Thoughts encroaching on my life

Darkness pressing further and further

My heart beats faster

My breathing gets shallow and erratic

My eyes dart back and forth before closing

I knit my brow

I Begin to panic

"Was it wrong?"

"Am I a weirdo"

"Should I have done that"

I can't think straight

My mind is spinning and racing

My eyes are fluttering open and shut

As I spiral downward

Further and further into the rabbit hole I fall

This wonderland isn't so fun though

Intrusive thoughts overwhelming me

Darkness swallowing all the light

By the time I see a little flicker of positivity it's 3:30am and I have to wake up at 6am

I pull myself together and fall asleep after many attempts of silencing my thoughts

I get them to quiet into a low hum at the back of my mind and somehow I drift to sleep
-A.M. Witzing