Anxiety

It grips it hurts It’s hard to work The pain can be unbearable The thoughts not controllable The body aches, the heart beats fast The agony tends to forever last The pressure builds you can’t control The chest beats hard it’s strong and bold The thoughts keep coming, they do not slow Day and night it always shows You hope for peace You pray for release As of today it does not cease.

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Charles Ruble

Date: 9/30/2012 6:16:00 AM

Thanks for the read Kirstie,you don't know how this hits home for me.Reading the writes of all the members on here and writing myself to relieve the pressure is what keeps me moving as of late,and the support of my family.Again thanks.

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 9/26/2012 9:42:00 AM

THanks Kirstie, this is so true & relevent for me as anxiety is a burden as today especially so as my stammer seems so near and the final verse really tells it as it is. Have a blessed day, God bless you, Gordon

James Marshall Goff

Date: 3/25/2009 11:27:00 AM

this is raw feeling, great stuff, Kirstie, Jim

L'Nass Shango

Date: 3/15/2009 6:19:00 AM

We who feel all things cannot deny that what you describe is true, then again God is the only hush I know, we are written in his hands, we share him like your poem, deeper

Sharon Winter

Date: 2/11/2009 2:13:00 PM

Hi Kirstie, it's been a while. Yes, so many suffer, including myself. Almost a vicious cycle that never seems to break. Well expressed indeed. Wishing you rest from the stress, and deep, deep peace. Love & hugs, Shar xoxo

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 2/11/2009 1:53:00 PM

You've described it perfectly. Thank God there is help..but when your in the midst of it-its really awful. BG

Carrie Richards

Date: 2/11/2009 1:40:00 PM

So well describes....those are terrible feelings, and the more you fight, the more anxiety seems to build. Such a cycle! :( Well written! ~Carrie

Michael Degenhardt

Date: 2/11/2009 11:32:00 AM

Oh boy, do I know these feelings! Great use of the couplet form as it offers speed to the read in intervals, much like anxiety itself. Very well written. Michael