In Its Web

Sometimes even happy things
Can fill your life with stress,
Which makes room for anxiety,
Not easy to repress.

It bubbles up from deep within,
Affecting all it strikes
In many different forms, but none
That anybody likes.

From sleepless nights to biting nails
To loss of appetite
Or drinking way too much 
Or maybe raring for a fight…

The thoughts that race across the mind
Of all that can go wrong
Get pulled into your gut as if
That’s where they do belong.

If luck is on your side, that worry
Will have been for naught
But sadly, in its web we often
Find that we are caught.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Rigoler Avatar
March 16, 2021 at 7:35 AM
Much psychological insight in these words, Ilene, and, unless we're brain dead, many of us can relate to. Personally, some of my best poems come from this "web" you speak of, as if it were a catharsis. If life is likened to a bowl of cherries, know that it also contains pits. / Maurice
Leffanta Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 3:22 PM
The older one gets, the more aware one becomes of ALL the things that can go wrong, whereas the young consider none of it applies. Adopt a youthful attitude! Aloha! Rico
Calasibetta Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 1:43 PM
Hi ilene, So true, life does throw us unexpected curves. You have expressed it beautifully! Hope all is well. Take Care, Paulette
Cunningham Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 1:25 PM
There's always that nagging feeling that things will go wrong, but i think we worry far too much. Tom
Allison Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 1:15 PM
aww Ilene having read your poem I hope everything is ok, I missed seeing you yesterday:-( hugs Jan xx
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