Anxiety

Like a balloon about to burst
I feel my heart race
I walk to various places
And as a mouse I begin to escape!

Like a scared mouse
I come and go without stopping
Looking for an exit
To leave without looking back

Deep breath
I feel my hands sweat
I walk so slow
Sometimes
That the eternal hours
I do not see pass

In my stomach a knot
And the thoughts don’t stop anymore
Feeling crazy
I can stop!

I feel like a mouse
In a maze!
But I can only imagine
Peace
Finding the door
Where can I escape!

Deep breath
And I start to count
To lower anxiety
Which is in the soul
I can save
I relax my being
And I start again

Running from side to side
Quiet my thoughts
And I see clearly
That nothing is eternal
Everything happens in order to move forward!

I escape in my sheets and pen
And I feel like I can control
My racing heart
And my hands don’t sweat anymore

I see at the end a bright door
And a light that brings me peace
It is the calm that to my soul
He’s back now!

As a girl sometimes
I want to cry!
Cleanse my soul
And start over
With force
That always has to accompany me

I breathe and I cry
And that is normal
Because that’s life
I tell myself and start over!

Although it seems crazy
I advance without stopping
I continue with a lot of desire
And I always bet
That I can win!

And I feel my heart jump
Like a tornado came
And to many I can give
Love, joy
What you want to accept from me
That fills my soul
Growing up I find myself again!

And the mouse that wanted to escape
You found it was
At home!
I’ll just walk from here to there
Feeling safe
And not wanting to escape
When i see inside of me
And everything is fine now!
What happens outside
Only outside will be
And so the little mouse
Will never want to escape again
Because in your home is

Peace is within us
And if we search well
What is outside
It will not affect us!
Changing inside
What outside we want to change
That’s what anxiety will give us
Our home is within each one
And happy we can be.


ARELIS J. MARSH

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