Anxiety

Anxiety's a *****. Always feeling too tense. Awake half of the night. Angry now at myself. Apprehensive a lot. Ants crawling under skin. Am I getting too thin?

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Mark Martin

Date: 3/5/2017 11:34:00 AM

Great Pleides Jean. Congratulations! :-)

Jean Murray
Date: 3/5/2017 2:02:00 PM

Thank you Mark.

Charlie Smith

Date: 2/28/2017 7:48:00 PM

Bitch that it is, it hasn't diminished your writing skills, congratulations Jean...

Jean Murray
Date: 3/1/2017 12:58:00 AM

Morning Charlie. Thank you for your lovely comment.

Darren White

Date: 2/28/2017 1:51:00 AM

Anxiety is a bitch indeed, and so is OCD, all so closely related, far too closely.... sigh.... it gave you a high placement, but if i could choose I'd choose for no anxiety plus no placement.

Reason A. Poteet

Date: 2/27/2017 8:54:00 AM

Congratulations, even the reading of it fills me with angst. Great pleiades; I love them. Doubt and despair gone with your win; now write one on Hope to balance.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/29/2016 8:43:00 PM

Congratulations on your great Pleaides placement Jean. These are not easy to write and you managed to excel with this one! ; ) 7

Jean Murray
Date: 10/30/2016 2:26:00 AM

Hi Connie. I see your pen has been sparing the ink recently. Looking forward to your next communication.

Cheryl Hoffman

Date: 10/28/2016 6:46:00 PM

CONGRATS on your great write!:)

Jean Murray
Date: 10/28/2016 6:51:00 PM

Thank you Cheryl.

Francis J Grasso

Date: 10/28/2016 4:54:00 PM

Well done, Jean! Congratulations! ...Fran

Jean Murray
Date: 10/28/2016 5:10:00 PM

Thank you Fran.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/28/2016 4:41:00 PM

Ten lines or less that can be read out loud in the winners’ list is awesome, creative and unique..Congratulations on your placement..Sara ..I would not have to worry about the thin part..LOL

Jean Murray
Date: 10/28/2016 5:09:00 PM

Funny you should mention that Sara. I was kinda fading away from not eating at that time. Then the antidepressants for a year piled on the pounds. Now I am off them, I notice I am losing them again. A midwife I worked with once said...!If you are looking for bones, there's plenty in a graveyard..."

Elaine George

Date: 10/28/2016 4:20:00 PM

You have conveyed the feeling of anxiety well in this poem, Jean. Many congrats on your win. Lainey

Jean Murray
Date: 10/28/2016 5:02:00 PM

Thank you Lainey. I can convey very well the feelings I have felt. I believe now I suffered a type of post traumatic stress disorder following my marraige breakup. At the same time I was having Doctors refusing to come to Labour Ward, on night duty. My mother died in the hospice just as I was having an angiogram and then the cardiologist insinuated I had 4 years to live. That was six years ago...

Kim Merryman

Date: 8/14/2016 1:58:00 PM

I know all too well about the curse of anxiety. I have anxiety-panic disorder and have dealt with it since early childhood. Even with medication I still have occasional flare ups. I could totally relate to your poem. Congrats on your well written Pleiades, Jean! Thank you for supporting my contest. Blessings!

Jean Murray
Date: 8/14/2016 2:34:00 PM

A pleasure Kim. Thank you for such a high placement.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/13/2016 3:35:00 PM

Congratulations on your high placement Jean. Your poem hits home! 7 ; )

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 3:38:00 PM

Thank you Connie. As they say, "Been there, done that."

Paul Callus

Date: 8/13/2016 9:59:00 AM

A superb way to tackle this tricky form, Jean! Anxiety does come to visit from time to time, and we have to find a way to beat it! Congrats on this merited win! Regards // paul

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 11:05:00 AM

Hello again Paul and thank you for stoping by.

Jan Allison

Date: 8/13/2016 9:40:00 AM

Dropping back with my congrats Jean:-) hugs Jan xx

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 11:04:00 AM

Thank you Jan.

Lu Loo

Date: 8/13/2016 3:44:00 AM

Jean, congrats ony our placement! :)-luloo

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 5:21:00 AM

Thank you Laura.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/13/2016 1:05:00 AM

I was with you up until the last line. Wish I ever had that thought running in my mind about "am I getting too thin" Anyway, this was a cool poem. Fits my hubbie to a T and sometimes me too!!

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 5:21:00 AM

It's a lucky person who sails thriugh life without the occassional anxious time Andrea.

Alexis Y.

Date: 8/12/2016 10:02:00 PM

Hi Jean, Good take on the contest theme. Congratulations on your winning write: -) Alexis

Jean Murray
Date: 8/13/2016 5:19:00 AM

Thank you Alexis.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/10/2016 7:28:00 AM

- A unique A- Poem, very great suggestion Jean !!! - Good luck in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jean Murray
Date: 8/10/2016 9:29:00 AM

Thank you Anne-Lise. I must be all better because I am now far from slim.

Jan Allison

Date: 8/9/2016 8:53:00 AM

The first line sure made me smile Jean - great one for the contest:-) good luck:-) hugs Jan xx

Jean Murray
Date: 8/9/2016 9:55:00 AM

Thank you Jan. I am not too fond of rules, but it must be done.