Panic In My Chest

(Written June 2022)

Panic in my chest

Nothing to my breath

I am just a mess

Can't breathe

I swear I'm okay

Just another day

This is just a phase

You say

"You will get through this,"

but you seem to miss

All the little breaths

I can't get

I don't think that's how

I don't know right now

Forgotten how to breathe

This is just me

Panic in my chest

Weightlessness is best

Crumble to my knees

Help me.