Tapping

My-heart-is-rac-ing-I'm-pac-ing

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8

Tap-tap-tap-tap-no-tice-heart-beat

Nod-my-head-o-k-o-k-now

Forgot my meds yesterday and maybe the day before that, too? I don't think so, but I'm not normally this anxious after one missed day. Job interview, wrap up legal work, social missteps. What did I do wrong, there must be something specific I can pinpoint.

Woke up with dread. Breathe. This is fine.

I will drink water, maybe read.

But I can't concentrate right now.

No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no

My anxiety is always

In trochaic octameter

LikeThe Raven, that's funny right?

Must be the tempo of distress.

Sit through it, breathe through it like this.