before I am consumed

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    before I am consumed

    anxiety has risen
    it crept up like a thief
    and has anchored
    in the pit of me
    I am fumbling stones
    slate to fire
    burning up inside
    I search for colors
    to bring tranquility back
    I conjure pictured beauty
    behind my eyes
    slow my breathing
    to match my heart
    I must slip away
    out the back door
    before I am consumed
    by inflamed nerves

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    knight4696 commented on before I am consumed

    10-25-2009

    A very visual look into the maddening world of anxiety. Your wording is superb! Great Job!

    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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