Anxiety— Letter A of Emotions

Odusola Oluwalayomi
@odusolaoluwalayomi451350
2 days ago

The ABC’s of emotions;
*Anxiety*

Take a deep breath in, take a deep breath out

Breathe, calm down, breathe, calm down

Just pray, have faith, be calm, don’t doubt

You have to be stronger than your emotions, or else you’ll drown.


Anxiety, my old friend, my partner, my shadow

We met a couple of days ago.

‘Just breathe’, I chanted, my new mantra, my motto

But you laughed in my face, my serenity you’d come to overthrow.


When I looked behind you, your sister waved to me

Panic attack is her dreadful name

I struggled to relax, to be calm, to be free

But she wasn’t one to give up, very uneasy to tame.


With panic attack came her dreadful son,

Hy-per-ven-ti-la-tion

When I saw his pale blue lips, I feared I was done

In my veins blood no longer flowed, there was no circulation.


Then I felt a hand on my back, firm, unmoving

I sighed exhausted, who among your many relatives could this be?

But this hand was warm, reassuring, not disapproving

I looked back and there my mum was, struggling to set me free.


‘Take a deep breath in, take a deep breath out

Breathe, calm down, breathe calm down’

I embraced her and this time, truly there was no doubt

That I would rise up again anytime I had a breakdown.

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