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

March 5, 2017 at 11:34 AM

Great Pleides Jean. Congratulations! :-)

Jean Murray

March 5, 2017 at 2:02 PM

Thank you Mark.

Charlie Smith

February 28, 2017 at 7:48 PM

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

Jean Murray

March 1, 2017 at 12:58 AM

Morning Charlie. Thank you for your lovely comment.

Darren White

February 28, 2017 at 1:51 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

February 27, 2017 at 8:54 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

October 29, 2016 at 8:43 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

October 30, 2016 at 2:26 AM

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

Cheryl Hoffman

October 28, 2016 at 6:46 PM

CONGRATS on your great write!:)

Jean Murray

October 28, 2016 at 6:51 PM

Thank you Cheryl.

Francis J Grasso

October 28, 2016 at 4:54 PM

Well done, Jean! Congratulations! ...Fran

Jean Murray

October 28, 2016 at 5:10 PM

Thank you Fran.

Sara Kendrick

October 28, 2016 at 4:41 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

October 28, 2016 at 5:09 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

October 28, 2016 at 4:20 PM

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

Jean Murray

October 28, 2016 at 5:02 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

August 14, 2016 at 1:58 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

August 14, 2016 at 2:34 PM

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

Connie Marcum Wong

August 13, 2016 at 3:35 PM

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

Jean Murray

August 13, 2016 at 3:38 PM

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

Paul Callus

August 13, 2016 at 9:59 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

August 13, 2016 at 11:05 AM

Hello again Paul and thank you for stoping by.

Jan Allison

August 13, 2016 at 9:40 AM

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

Jean Murray

August 13, 2016 at 11:04 AM

Thank you Jan.

Beautiful Scars

August 13, 2016 at 3:44 AM

Jean, congrats ony our placement! :)-luloo

Jean Murray

August 13, 2016 at 5:21 AM

Thank you Laura.

Andrea Dietrich

August 13, 2016 at 1:05 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

August 13, 2016 at 5:21 AM

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