Short Panic Attack Poems

rooting the wood pile
blowing the bonfire to life
fire ant panic attack...

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home work shadows keep leftovers
guests solve random facts
torn pages co-ordinate hedge rows...

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Lord, let me be
free, walking
along the spine of the earth

no longer subject
to these toothless
fears....

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PANIC ATTACK

the whirlpool pushes
her deep, dark, profound. whirlwind
thrusts against her chest.

9/14/2017...

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It’s chaos.
Red-hot blood pumping
Veins pulsing
Hands shaking
Sheets of black behind my eyes–
Yet I’m still alive....

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Heart racing
palpitating
fingers trembling
body shaking
fear the blood won't reach my head
this isn't worth it if I'm dead!...

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A sultry voice gave directions.
Wrong turn, then came the corrections.
A panic attack –
Screams came from the back.
“We're lost; where are the connections?”

©October 30, 2011
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen...

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Santa’s claws let go of the smoke stack

cracked his backbone with a loud crack

for once he had been off guard

kid’s dreams shattered and scarred

his fart caused a panic attack


06th December 2020...

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Pulse is racing
And chest tight
Nerves are shredded
Ice in lungs
Can’t see through tears

Arrhythmic pounding
Time is near
True or not
Ain’t seeming clear
Can’t you help me, in any way?
Keep this stuff from coming back!?!...

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Tears fall like raindrops
My head is full to bursting
Someone please listen
Can’t you see that I’m struggling
I’m scared of a little mouse

08~29~14
Submitted to lament me a tanka contest
Sponsored by Rick Parise...

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My heart started beating so fast I thought it would break
My hands were shaking; I felt dizzy and unsteady
Unappreciated, threatened, I began to run
I had never done that before at a job
A co-worker tried to stop me; she said I did not look well
I screamed and kept running...

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A young woman had a panic attack
A side effect of British Railways
My wife and I went to her aid
But I struggled to avert my gaze 
From her heaving chesticles
“Big breaths” my wife instructed her
I was still staring at her puppies, said
“No, but beautifully pert would be fare”...

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Was that a dream?

No, that was a panic attack. 

But maybe panic is just part of the sleeping process. 

I said while sipping my coffee. 

But maybe panic is better to have in my sleep. 

Because now I have a period where I feel calm. 

At least until the sun rises. 

And I have to wake up for real....

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Panic Attack - I hate that you are here,
Panic Attack - I live constantly in fear.
Panic Attack - How on earth do I cope?
Panic Attack - All I want is to elope.

Panic Attack - You sure won't beat me,
Panic Attack - You'll lose I guarantee.
Panic Attack - So long, I bid you farewell,
Panic Attack - I'm going to send you to hell....

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Today you won't hear a peep out of me all day or night probably. 
Today I am entertaining lady company. 
We're both going to see if I can get lucky. 
I'm begining to feel a panic attack coming on already.
I still have major issues with Intimacy.

Thanks for accepting my invitation and flying all the way over here to NY for me P D....

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Heart pounding,
Confused and disoriented,
I cannot breathe.
There is a tightness in my chest
And butterflies in my stomach.

Vision blurred,
Weak and dizzy,
Nothing feels real.
There is tension in my muscles
And numbness in my skin.

Body aching,
Cool and sweaty,
I am shaking.
There is a panic in my head
And fear within my being....

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Clouds Hanging Over Me

dark clouds, ominous
feelings of dread swamping
me with foreboding
unable to get my breath
anxiety leading to yet another
panic attack to
disarm me
detach me from myself
alone and afraid I am
losing my mind
certain it has happened in
the past
confident no one notices
that there are clouds of
madness hanging over me...

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Dizzy ceiling which i stare in..
I admire the texture that i'm feeling.
Meanwhile i am shaking, writing,
fighting with emotions.
I must concentrate on something
to forget the pain i feel.
I am breathing while i sink
just to know that this is real.
I can't help to catch my beat.
from my destructive head
way down to my feet.
Lifeless, scared and sad....

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There's an empty feeling left inside
Tearing me down and making me cry
Restless, breathless when will it end
No chance to fight back
New faces to stare at giving me a panic attack
Burning just beneath the skin
Lost hope that caves in
I've strangled my insides 
Suffocating the pain and letting it reside
So it's a struggle every day to find a reason to survive...

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Up or down
  forward or back 

Polarity ends
  in a panic attack 

Start, stop 
  the stillness portends

The middle a wasteland
  lost years of pretend 

Before or after
  in front or behind 

Timing entraps
  with the devil’s design 

Salvation, damnation
  souls to contend 

To live or to die
  —to start or to end 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)...

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Urban Warfare




Knock Knock, tick tocks the clock,
post traumatic syndrome head trauma shock.
Glock Glock, click pop weapon stock,
three dimensional residential sniper kill shot on lock.

Hippity Hop, bee bop the music stops,
scattered brats panic attack, raiding cops.
Ding Dong, ping pong ball bounce bops,
sad sadistic, unrealistic, urban firearm goes pop, pop, pop!...

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My thoughts race one million miles a minute.
Abnormal fears take control of my mind.
My pulse is beating faster than an engine.
Headaches develop like I have been hit with a hammer.
Adrenaline pumps through my veins at the speed of light.
My heart feels like exploding due to chest pain. 
My temperature raises hotter than the sun.   
When my panic attack is gone, I am left with a scar....

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Panic attack
Neurons are whack
Strive for balance

Infests my whole day
Each way I try to convey 
Messages, communicate

My how neural pathways can stray
Left with a bottlenecked airway
I seek but body-chemical harmony
Thoughts, actions with symmetry

Gather grey matter
Take the unrest
Heave it over the railing
Crazy’s gone stale
And then I exhale



								Sunshine Williams...

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When at first I saw you
The sun was setting
It's rays danced right through
You were tall and just stunning 

Dressed all up in cobalt blue
As I passed by, my neck bending
I knew what I had to do
I acted fast, no hesitating

Turning back, I ran to you
A panic attack my heart was throbbing
Eyes on your rack, I could only drool
I paid cash for this beautiful machine.

My Chevy Silverado...

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my shadow conceals my pain
my shadow is witty not vain
the panic i feel when it rains
the self determinations drains

without light only night
a darkened blanket so warm and tight
the dread becomes more real
i don't care what i see only what i feel

i'm shaking and my hands are wet
i know better but i still feel fret
because i know i'm trapped in this net

why can't i be numb and not feel
as long as i am my panic is real...

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