Sigh of Relief

Pushed up from stomach's abyssmal pit Choked off cries, constraint deformed Packed with panic's punches Right here where words are formed Throat cords tightly gripped Resistance rules my holding back While mouth stammers mind blown shock Fear sped thoughts fly blindly Wild-eyed in disconnected space Beneath pain's radar, dead-ends faced Cant find escape through tiny slits In self expression's cut free places Stripped sounds,unreasoned, so distraught I'm cramped, wrapped tight, shut up, Curled up, gone again without a trace. Mind flails blind at hidden threats Going to die, my heart attacks me Going to die, my only thoughts Half- crazed, clownish acting out Breathe in, breathe deep, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe deep, breathe out...Slowly... Breathe in, breathe deep, breathe out...Slowly... I feel myself levelling out...Slowly... Kindness holds keeled heart upright Kind words rein me in, damp down fright Caught unawares by calming help Relief seeps through, soothing thoughts Shifts gears back to lucid tracks, Take it easy, take it easy, pressure's off Life's plain sailing once again Breath in, breathe deep, breathe out...Sigh... 03/06/2017.