when you're alone in the woods
and you suddenly hear a twig snap.
when a deer spots a glint
coming from the trees
while standing in an open field.
when you know
you're going to get called on
in class
for an answer you don't have.
when you're watching a horror film
and a shrill,
musical score
creeps into your ears.
that one second
it feels like
you're free-falling
after a "double bounce"
on the trampoline.
when you feel like your lover
is being dishonest
about another person.
when you're staying
in a house by yourself
and you hear a noise
in a distant room.
when you feel like
you have no compass
for life.
– what anxiety feels like
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the pink house
Poetry"the pink house" is a collection of poems that attempt to articulate the feelings of grievance over childhood and tell a story of my adjustment to adulthood, breaking out of the mental cage that is nostalgia, and coming to terms with the death of wh...
