oxygen
tank
says
zero

really,
all you
have to do is make me laugh
the kind that is so sudden you
have to cough, as if the force of
unexpected happiness was all
too
much.

There's an ocean in my chest,
waves crashing, as I drown from the inside out

My eyes are flooded,
tears rolling down in a constant flow

There's quicksand in my stomach,
rapidly sinking to somewhere deep inside of me

My legs are plagued with earthquakes,
quiverings and twitches beyond my control

There's a tornado in my head,
thoughts whirling around in a deadly fashion

My body and my mind are a disaster
and there's no refuge in sight