dear anxiety.

a poem about anxiety

I've fallen,

Down,

Down,

Down.

Into this hole that' I've tried to crawl out of.

You look down towards me, but something distracts you and you look away.

I'm left alone down here.

I hear a hiss and the sound of something sliding across the floor.

A silhouette emerges from the darkness surrounding me.

It slithers closer, gliding into the light.

The small snake coils itself around my ankle and slowly climbs it's way up.

I stay silent, and watch as it acends my body.

When it reaches my heart, it bites.

The poison is injected into my blood, I feel my pulse quicken.

The snake continues, I try to stop it, but it wraps its slim body around my neck tightly.

I can't breathe.

Other creatures sneak up behind me, pouncing again and again until I'm on my knees.

A darkness rises from my back and engulfs me in black.

From the dark, a snake slithers out.

Not mine

By Galaxy_The_Kitty