When your body trembles,
threatens to give in to the fear
you feel so deep inside,
it feels permanent.

When your breathing is erratic,
almost nonexistent,
your chest so heavy,
it barely compares to the heaviness of your eyelids,
for you haven't slept in days.

When the tears flow like the blood
you shed so desperately
to escape this feeling of fear.

This unbearable, unbreakable, unmistakable,
deeply penetrating fear,
of the infamous panic attack.