Panic!

It pulses in my brain,

Driving me insane.

It starts to flow throughout my veins,

Slowly getting harder to contain.

Anxiety!

It starts to spread

More and more inside of me

Grabby hands

Trying hard to drag me

Underneath the sea.

Unable to leave

Unable to heave

Through the two lungs where I breathe

My growing unease

Something I can't relieve

It's excruciating.

My hands are shaking

The earth is quaking

Yes, I know I'm afraid.

There's no mistaking.

Time starts to slip away at the seams

Making me want to cry 

Making me want to scream

If I end up failing this,

I'll crash all of my dreams

Taking a hard hit

To my poor self-esteem

Slowly I step up,

Moving forward to the location

The source of all my fear

The source of my frustration. 

Maybe there's no reason

For all this escalation.

In the end, it's just a presentation