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Tension

Tap, tap, tap.

These repetitive little things

repeatedly annoy me.

They tap and tap and tap,

and my blood begins to boil.

 

Tap, tap, tap.

It's like it echos in my head,

like whispers that emit

in a room that makes no noise.

And I am tired of the-

tap, tap, tap.

It drives me crazy, and,

i cannot control it.

I have a problem,

with authority.

I don't like to be controlled.

And when the tap comes tapping back,

I cannot sit at all.

It stirs me like a coffee cup and

throws me like a switch.

It's like a faulty bungee jump

or a clock that only ticks.

TAP TAP TAP.

It's only getting worse.

I contract, with the-

tap tap tap-

and I can't control myself.

So stop the tap, tap, tap,

or maybe I'll stop it for you.

Because once the demons rise in me,

the anxiety builds a wall,

and it won't control the things I'd wish to do at all.

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alyssa-rose-n
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Published
May 20, 2013
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