Anxiety flooded
In my System
Faster than a
Tsunami hitting the shore.

Under One Second
My Body Paralysed
As though it were
Hit by a War.
My Body gasped for
Air and Tranquillisers.

Hurriedly ,

I got up and
Started looking around
For Medicines like a
MadMan.

My Hands began to
Tremble as though
They were being Shocked
My body started Twisting and
Reacting , from the Inside.

I felt : Sick , Blurry , Cold and Scared

My body were reacting to
Anxiety ,
As though It were a Poison
Killing Me Slowly.

My body felt Choked and Trapped
As if ,
It were in a building that had
Caught fire
With Noway Out.

I was Breathing heavily
Gasping for air ,
My heart was Hammering so
Loud ,
I felt I was going to fall.

Fall in the Sea
Of Monstrous Inferno.

I wanted help
Some Hugs
Some Warm Space ;
But there was None.
So here I am —
With a Pen and Paper
In my hand ,
Writing Away like a
MadMan .

Anxiety and Depression
Are the Cancer of the
Subconscious Brain.

Medicines work slowly —

It captures You
And makes itself
The Host.

I took a Tranquilliser
In hopes of Cool
There were None!
Instead the Inferno Spread
Now more rapidly
Onto —
Another Place.

Help Me!
Help Me as I Gasp for Air .
Help Me!
As I breakdown in this
Turmoil .
Help Me!
As Fear Consumes Me into Itself .
Help Me!
As this , Slowly fills inside my
Lungs.
Help Me!
Set Me Free!
Before this Fire Consumes me
For Ever.

No more can I
I'm Tired And Lost
Help this Soul
That Has perceived
Unkindness , everywhere it goes.

Help Me!
As I fight.
Help Me!
Don't let the Fire
Take the Air Away
From My Lungs.

-Ridhima Joshi