conversations with dis-ease(#1)/Daily Prompt 12

hello anxiety

you are valuable to me

you can tell me when something is wrong

you  can tell me I need to take action

you can trigger my fight or flight response


but sometimes you take over my body

you make me sweat

you send tremors through my nerves

through my arms

to my fingertips

you make my knees quake

my breathing quick and shallow

my heart off beat

for DAYS at a time

when there is no obvious danger to me


you always seem to come around when I have responsibility

you always seem to think the worst

you see threat in every opportunity

can’t you see what you’re doing to me?


dear anxiety

I accept you are a part of me

please stay

you can save me from danger

but not in this way

you need to take a break