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Jamil Massa Aug 2017
We sat side by side that evening
:a pair of lost children
before the menu list of dining.

Looks like I'm the only one
who can hear your heart throb
looks like you're the only one
who isn't bothered by ugly music
in that tea shop.

From where does this nervous start?

Eight kilometers ago a greedy fate
swallowed all holidays
and postponed journey of prayer,
delaying your arrival in the reach
of my helpless desire.

Though you finally arrived
and we sat side by side
all evening, the cracking
weather at the end of the year
did not stop sending a signal
to the trembling cup of tea in
my hand.

The conversation is like a wraith,
because words already we keep
in faith.

And in the arch of your cheeks,
twilight becomes innocent
Like a single little sin
that slowly being forgiven.
(The original version - Indonesian)

Dari Mana Kegugugupan Bermula?

Kita duduk bersisian sepanjang sore itu
:sepasang anak hilang yang gugup di hadapan daftar menu.

Sepertinya cuma aku yang bisa
mendengar debar jantungmu. Sepertinya cuma kau yang tak terganggu musik jelek di kafe itu.

Dari mana kegugupan ini bermula?

Delapan kilometer lalu nasib yang rakus
menelan semua hari libur dan menunda
perjalanan doa-doa. Menunda
ketibaanmu di jangkauan lenganku
yang tak berdaya.

Meski akhirnya kau tiba dan kita duduk bersisian sepanjang sore itu, cuaca yang retak di penghujung tahun tak juga berhenti mengirim isyarat kepada secangkir teh yang gemetar di tanganku.

Percakapan ini alangkah sunyi, sebab kata
kata telah terlanjur kita imani.

Dan di lengkung pipimu,
senja menjadi murni
seperti dosa kecil
yang sedang diampuni.
Elise Jackson Jun 2017
don't we all wish we could go back and change certain things?
don't we all need a period of rest and reflection?

i think about the past a lot.

not a certain time period or memory, but all at once.
i don't quite think it's good or bad, it's just there.

waiting.
ready to strike at any moment.

throwing me into a nervous frenzy.
Josh Mayesh Jun 2017
“What's wrong with you?” they say,
“Can't you calm down for just a moment,
Take a deep breath--
Slow down,
Get centered and
Relax.
Stop being so **** negative,
What's the worry,
What's the hurry?
You can't solve every problem,
Let it go--
Hey not so fast.
Maybe, yes just maybe
If you stopped being so **** frightened
Well then maybe for a moment
All those fears would dissipate,
If you just stopped your overthinking
Your hypotheticals,
Possibilities,
If you let life flow all around you
You'd have that peace you say you crave.”

But they are wrong.  

Anxiety isn't nervousness.
Anxiety isn't cowardice.
Anxiety is a call to those
Whose eyes are open to the fight.

It is a certain sensitivity
An alertness;
A war machine never idle
There’s a buzzing below the surface,
There is no calm before this storm.
It is the constant sentinel
Vigilant in clash with
Paralysis,
There is no honor,
No heroism in this struggle
Whose burden countermands reward.

It is not the soldier’s nature to relax.

It is an instinct,
It is concern for you, for me, for others,
It is a special steadfast mutiny
When
Psyche fights the soul.

You say it is a weakness.
You subject me to societal court martial,
Though you cavalierly create conflicts
You say I am afraid.
But those consummate in combat,
Introspective and insightful,
True veterans of life’s battles
Know,
It's fear defines the brave.
Breeze-Mist May 2017
For all of my coastie dad's wisdom
My summers spent learning to sail
My affinity for swimming since I was three
The countless snorkeling trips
The hours spent in canoes and kayaks
The trips paddle boarding and whitewater rafting
Somehow
I'm still petrified
By the rushing numbered current
Of a digital stream
Sam Dec 2016
get away,
seriously get away from me.
i don't want you here,
nobody wants you here.

you possess lives,
you take over my thoughts,
you tear away at what's left of me,
and it all started with a silly lil' game.

you make me stay home,
you make me want to go forever.
why do you push me around,
when i've given you everything you ever wanted?

seriously get out.
i've recognized your presence,
i see you've made yourself known,
*now go away
Oh if only it were that easy to get rid of anxiety
("You" being anxiety-not a person)
aniket nikhade Aug 2016
Nervous or something
Doing something like this for the first time in your life?

If so,
a little bit of nervousness helps in life,
since a little bit of nervousness is always there when you start with something new,
something which was never done before in life,
thus making a little bit of nervousness always right.

A little bit anxiety gives light to the fact that you are alert, awake and conscious to the fact that any moment in time something might go wrong.

Quite seriously something like this goes on at the back of mind
Quite seriously something like this must have happened somewhere back in the past in life

Never mind, there is always a first time in everyone's life
So what if the mind feels anxious
So what if it comes to the mind that everything will not fall in it's place
Never mind, there is always a first time in everyone's life.

Change of mind leads to deviation
Change of attitude leads to diversion
Finally everyone's makes his own choice depending on the need of hour.

New to a thing
New to something.
Something which was never done before,
then never mind,
mistakes happen in life.

Always remember mistakes are lessons that need to be learnt and revised in the present with regards to an uncertain future.

Mistakes are bound to happen
Since nobody is completely perfect,
at some point in time each individual makes a mistake in his life.

If a mistake is made then the first thing to do is to accept the fact that a mistake made, since facts never change and truth can be stranger than fiction.

Now the best thing to do is to learn from the mistake that is made.
In doing this an otherwise dull life becomes very much interesting,
if not engrossing.

Mistakes happen,
everyone makes a mistake in his life,
however important is to learn from those mistakes,
gain experience through the process of learning,
then see how life changes,
then see how it will boost your level of confidence,
something which will be the need of hour at a given moment in time.

Different will be the way of looking at life once a mistake that is made is accepted as a mistake,
from then onwards life will tend to tread along a different path,
of course, which will be right.

So never give up in life, since there is always a ray of hope for those who agree and accept upon the fact that it's their own responsibility to fight against the odds that come along the way in life.

Strange are the ways of life
Strange seems life,
however,
if routine is always followed,
then it's just not possible to add a new flavor to life.

In doing something different,
one thing is going to happen for sure,
a mistake or two is bound to happen.
Don't worry because mistakes happen
Learn from those mistake.

Life goes on
Life continues
Life follows the present moment in time, which will very soon be a thing of past,
then the next moment in time will come taking the place of moment that has passed and thus becoming the present moment in time.

Life goes on
Life continues
Life follows the present moment in time.
Waiting4TheStop Jul 2016
Heartbeat and breathing erratic.

Mindset; frazzled, like static.



There is never a rhyme or reason. 
My life is just an ever-changing season.


Looping yet broken. Like a record that is scratched.
In my head, the devils plan, will it be hatched?

Or will I be intercepted beforehand. My only warning sign could be the lights and/or sirens, when the men in white coats are dispatched
(C) 2015
Nothing Much Dec 2015
When I get nervous my tongue and palms itch like ants in my mouth and handfuls of spiders anxiety crawls up and down my spine
as my heart and mind race against each other
I shake as I freeze from the inside out
and ice feverishly pumps through my veins
it's not black inside my head but a putrid yellow
Gelatinous and pulsing and clouding my vision all I can see is a spiraling blur
and I don't realize how I'm clawing at my palms
Scraping my tongue against my teeth until I taste blood
I try to exhale the hornets nest in my chest and spit out the stingers one by one
there are so many voices, none of them mine and I want to scream over the chaos
but it gets stuck in my throat
with all the other words that won't come out
I stare down at my trembling hands, and realize how much panic it's under my fingernails
Ellie Wolf Nov 2015
I can tell
That you’re nervous
By the way
That your eyes
Dart away
Like you just remembered
What happened
Yesterday
And by the way
Your leg is having
It’s own little seizure
And by the way
You can’t even hold
Your **** cigarette
Still

Just trust me
It’ll be okay
And we will still
Be here tomorrow
And you still
Won’t be able
To smoke
Like a proper
Cynical *******
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