Ode to Anxiety

May 22, 2024

Sometimes I feel like I cannot breathe.

I feel like there is a pressure in my chest that is blooming and full. Is it that I need to drink more water or sleep more or stretch more? Could I eat something that could make me feel less constantly overwhelmed? Or is this just the way my life if going to be? How do I loosen the grip that the hands of anxiety have on me? I can feel their long fingernails pressing on the sides of my heart and banging on the inside of my ribcage, demanding to be felt and felt big.

When will I be set free?