It's like an anxious feeling That grips you Where nothing else matters except that moment The inability to feel anything else And your body starts to give up on itself You forget how to breathe Literally It's like there is not enough oxygen But you're doing all the right motions Exhale Inhale Exhale Inhale And it speeds up Inhale more frequently Inhale Inhale But it's not enough Something is not working right Inhale! And then panic sets in Why can't you control your own body? Break out in a cold sweat The numbness seeps through Creeps throughout every limb Untill you become stiff Like a corpse Your chest heaves And it's like there is not enough space For your heart to expand The tunnel of your throat is squeezing tight And you head is too heavy for your shoulders White dots blur your vision And on one last inhale It's over