The Jabberwock

I can hear every sound 

There are too many people around 

I can hear the pounding of my chest 

I’m trying to look my best 

Breathe 

My feet feel stuck to the ground

It feels like simple breathes aren’t allowed 

It feels like I’m drowning  

How can this overwhelming feeling appear

so un-announcing  

Breathe

In and out 

I can’t tell my friends

They will look at me with doubt

What’s happening to me is so embarrassing 

Letting them find out the extensity 

Is too unsettling 

Kids are too mean and menacing 

Breathe 

Just breathe 

I twist and pull my hair 

It’s getting bad 

To the point where you’re aware

Life just doesn’t seem fair 

These feelings are too raw and bare 

Breathe 

Don’t panic, you just need a moment to debrief.

A moment to breathe.

You have anxiety 

Something that plaques most of society.

No reason to be ashamed 

These uncontrolled feelings can be obtained.

You’re not nearing death 

So just take a breath.