The gnawing pain in your abdomen,
the quick beating of your heart,
worrying thoughts in your brain;
taunting you from the start.

Breaking out in cold sweat,
with the tightness in your chest.
No patience for chit chat
when you're at your worst.

Your cheeks feel like it's burning,
your throat constricts.
Feel that? Your stomach churning
as you start to feel really sick.

Your muscles, they've grown stiff
as you're paralyzed.
You want to, but you can't leave.
They say "It's okay," as they feed you more lies.

-m.b