H.E.L.P

the anxiety is back-
laced with depression, twisting its way out of the darkest parts of my sub-conscious mind,
curling around every nerve, until I'm shaking

heart

racing

a scream builds in my throat-
but when i try to let it out
a hollow sob escapes instead- and fills the silence
followed by the sound of my own heaving lungs
suffocating- instantly.

CAN'T

breathe

cold sweat crawls up my back
my reality becomes distorted
my only safe haven becomes a prison cell
and I've just been trapped here
blind
thinking that I'm free-

can't

SEE