Short Poems on Anxiety.

Time to get vaguely confessional.  Throughout life, I've struggled a lot with anxiety and mental health issues.  Recently, I feel I've made some changes that have helped a lot and am feeling pretty damn good.  That said, here are some short poems that are reflections on anxiety.  This is a common topic for me, so I've also put 2 of my favorite songs about anxiety in here too: Jeff Rosenstock's Nausea and Green Days Brainstew. Enjoy and please don't look at these with concern, but as some reflection.

Short Anxiety Poems

I will crush you

Said  the creature in the hole

To the man.

Crush you from the inside.

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Mid-30s angst poetry

Is complaining about taxes

And traffic

And a lack of sleep.

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My Ipod is breaking

They don’t make them any more

Can you imagine getting phone call on your

Discman in 1999?

Sometimes I want to rip my phone

Back into it’s components,

When I just want to relax

And listen to songs about

Zoning out and anxiety.

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Wine

Is

Great

But

It breaks

Down

My

Well

Designed

Barriers

That

Hold back

The Incredible Hulk

Of anxiety

You wouldn’t  like me

When I’m spiraling.

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I can’t sit through

A tv show

Because I get so

Worried about

What the characters

Think about me.

 _____________

I am Petrified 

of a simple phone call

to anyone anywhere.

Thanks and keep rocking!