Life on standby
My rapacity precedes me
Anxiety cripples me
My enemy
Macerating my reality
Quick to caution
Woe to the person I could be
If only
Zealous amygdala,
sedulously it directs me
Internally
Hackneyed phrases remind me
You only live once
Seize every opportunity
A glint of premature confidence shines
Frenzied Panic begins to rise
A familiar warning sign
Clawing my esophagus
My expectations, limited
Perturbation and anguish my personality
Victoriously, it cloaks me
The verdict clear
My jurisdiction, fear
I yearn to truly live
My life is not mine
Hunger and apprehension intertwine
Tirelessly I tread
Biding time
About this poem
This poem is about the negative effects that anxiety has on my life
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Written on June 25, 2023
Submitted by Wshana060 on August 24, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
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