Wanting, waiting, hoping, praying For the weight to go away. I want to be able to breath To see, To hear, To touch another's hand. Without having this tight, Horrible feeling just above my heart. My friend says I can control it, If I want to But I don't think he understands just what it is to wake up and fear the wind Or the sun Or the leaves or the trees or the people or the walls or the feelings. Or myself. I fear what I don't understand or can't control. But I don't understand myself, And I can't control myself. So I wake up and I'm scared of the things within myself that make me 'me' because I don't know how to prove to myself that I'm not something to be feared. I call it fear because there's no other word that can be related. But its not fear Or anxiety Or paranoia Or insecurity Its a thought process one goes through when they can't trust themself.