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unadored Mar 2018
anxiety is not an adjective.
running late for your job interview
is not ‘giving you anxiety’.
you are nervous
you are apprehensive
you are worried
you are a dictionary full
of possible word choices.

anxiety is a mental illness.
a faulty amygdala
that causes my body to prepare
for a threat that isn’t real.
the excess of cotisol
penetrating my tissues
is ‘giving me anxiety’.
i am drowning on the same air
that is keeping me from passing out
i am having my lungs squeezed
between the fingers of an iron fist  
clasping at my damp skin
prickled with sweat
suddenly it’s a swealtering day in july
even with snow packed under my boots
i am gasping for air
i have an anxiety disorder.
Jessy Dec 2017
pretty
nice
funny
skinny
smart

these are things people want to be
things people strive to be
things i want to be

ugly
fat
rude
annoying
stupid

these are things people don’t want to be
things people avoid being
things i can’t stop being

insane
crazy
depressed
****** up
weird

these are things people refuse to be
things people don’t accept
things i am

sure, they’re just adjectives
but they’re so much more than that
hunny Jan 2017
loud
so genuine it seems fake
temper
cries easily
animal lover
talkative
passionate
overly sweet
accidentally inconsiderate
cant whisper to save my life
non confrontational until angered
giving
creative
hard working
obnoxiously loud and annoying
liberal
avoids messy situations until i HAVE to face them
flamboyantish
scared
loves being feared / having power
hates directly hurting people
anxious
too freaked to apologize
very touchy
hyper
emotional intelligence starts with knowing yourself
Isha Natsu Jan 2017
Not all kinds of love are permanent.
Some are as fleeting as cloud shade.
Or as momentary as passing glances.

Not all kinds of love are joyful.
You may hear crying at night.
Most will see bruises and hard stares.

Not all kinds of love are willing.
Others have yet to pack their things.
Excuses are always kept on hand.

Not all kinds of love are sweet.
Tenderness will be asked for.
Time a luxury for few.

But our kind of love is different.
It is not something I can put in the formula of nots and adjectives.
It just is.
It's love.
Samantha Carroll Jun 2016
I’m a mother
I’m a lover
I am a survivor
Sometimes a liar
I’m a romantic
I’m a book fanatic
I am unorganized
I am clumsy
But you love me
I don’t take things for granted
Sometimes I’m impulsive
Sometimes I mess up
But you don’t give up
I get anxious
I can be careless
I am broken
Without you I would be nothing.
***
*** is a four lettered word
flaunted by very bad vowels
fevered to ecstacy
by all tangled-up adjectives
Then pounded into submission
by perverted nouns
that take their free liberty
of the subjective
Once surrounded
by the iniquity of the parentheses
you will only utter commas
at the Benediction
Brigette Beck Mar 2016
I'd give anything to read how an author describes me.
An author writes his characters as a wonder, a shining beacon of light, almost inhuman.
Really these characters - brave, smart, kind - are just like us.
Just like me.
So I want to know:
Am I brave?
Am I kind?
Am I smart?
Am I passive or active?
Am I intriguing or impressive?
Inspiring or insightful?
Amazing or attractive?
Strong or beautiful?
You know all these words.
You read all these words.
How an author writes his characters
With adjectives that seem inhumanly possible to describe anyone on this earth
Especially yourself.
But they could be used to describe you
And you just don't know it
That's why I'd give anything to read an author's description of me.
I need to know.
What adjectives paint the picture of me?
I think about this way more than I should, but I need to know who I am. Some description like this would help immensely in figuring it out. I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I do. All the time.
Parker Louis Jun 2015
I am
Eternally exasperated
Frequently frustrated
Incessantly irate
Perpetually perturbed

Awfully ambivalent  
Forever fickle
Frustratingly finnicky
Laconicly labile
Madly mercurial
Virulently volatile

And every other ******* adverb, adjective alliteration
June 29, 2015
Me
Pitter patter of your heart,
Matching to the sounds of drums.
Sitting here oh so lonely,
Being held by invisible arms.
The arms of depression, anorexia, anger,
The arms of cutting, thinking, and my errors.
I hate to think but it is all that I can do,
Loving my hatred is what makes me a fool.
They call me a ****, devil, queer,
They call me an idiot, *****, and weird.
If only their uneducated minds knew,
What others purposely ignore.
I am on the edge,
It hurts so.
I'm lonely and scared,
Depressed and angry.
People abusing me in all three ways,
How could you blame me?
I even abuse myself,
To the breaking point.
Hoping to be stronger,
But I end up weaker in the end.
My loyalty is what makes me,
My ignorance is what breaks me.
My self education is only my imagination,
Cause all I can do is think and think and think.
I act self centered, clingy, and spoiled,
Only cause I need love, but at the same time need to be alone.
I'm walking alone,
Alone is the key,
Being alone,
Is causing my insanity.
©LogenMichel copyright 2014
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