In the speechlessness
of your breathlessness,
I breathe vigorously
to arouse your former arising,
too afraid to touch
a corpse in the making.
Could another's spare years
restore your time?
Could another's breath
bring back your air?
Could my hyperventilation,
like our blended heart,
be split in half to share?
Categories:
hyperventilation, bereavement, death, giving, grief,
Form: Free verse
Labored breaths echo throughout the bolted space.
A doom sensation overtakes the place of solace.
Her eyes scan for any exit.
Light scrambles through a cracked door.
A window glows, ajar.
Too far away for the taking, her body immobilizes.
She strives to breathe... even that threatens to cease.
Silent screams gasp for life,
as if trying to turn a door with breath.
A wave of wet beads seethe from her skin,
like lakes between boulders.
Her shoulders rise like hefty mountain weights
summoned to a stomach of scrambled sand.
In a kaleidoscopic instant, from the perceived exit,
enters a tuxedo hero, donning sporty socks,
flaunting a solid strut.
Up, he jumps upon her lap, like
the reward of a clapping audience.
His constant fur coat would be a king's boast.
Like melted butter on toast, he spreads his warmth.
A reverberating purr becomes the mender of broken emotions.
Hyperventilation fades to mimic his oceanic vibes.
2/26/2019
Categories:
hyperventilation, cat, emotions, encouraging, fear,
Form: Free verse
Hypochondrial Delusion
A mind corrupted canker
Of cystic self failure
Even gastric anorexia
And fluttery throb to alight the fear
An adrenaline generated tachycardia
That matches respiration
And causes hyperventilation
With invasive pacy rhythm
And palpitating violation
To anxious infarction
In schizoid arrest
A hepatic paranoia
of dermal yellow
And lily liver assault
That feeds a life non start
Of malignant low self esteem
A delusional malaise
Of apoplectic panic
And stressful apoplexy
A localized dorsal twinge
To further worry
Lumbar or thoracic or
Renal calculi or a case of
Bulimic nausea and peptic ulcer
To stoke the festering psyche
Of somatic obsession
Embolic anguish that leads to
A hypertensive strain
With muscular tremor and distorted vision
And a full blown occulogyric crisis
Ensued by catatonia
Comatosed by
Psychotic breakdown and
Inactive body systems
A perusal of the medical book
Confirms the diagnosis of
Life threatening
Hypochondria
Categories:
hyperventilation, psychological,
Form: Blank verse
Chest tightening
body frozen
Overthinking takes control
Just take deep breaths
Deep breaths turn into hyperventilation
Pain consumes your chest with each quick inhale
The room gets smaller
Suffocation sets in
Everything that is so small
Turns into large obstacles
Suddenly you feel alone
darkness sets in
Large groups of people
Draining all of your energy
Overthinking everything
Sleepless nights
Anxiety is part of me
Don't forget to breathe
Categories:
hyperventilation, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Rising from the ashes after being burned
Scorched by magma induced words
Lit on fire by flammable hatred
Torment from envy causing hyperventilation
My love, how could you be so toxic?
Fumes from your violent attack spread throughout the air
Polluting complete strangers unaware of our dysfunctional relationship
DENIAL
Categories:
hyperventilation, anxiety, depression, feelings, hate,
Form: Free verse
Intoxication pierces through
Purest form of the drug
Pumping through veins
Heart beating faster
Hammering harder and harder
Breathing out of control
Pulling at hair
A high close to overdose
Eyes roll back
Ecstasy spreads in the core
Tickling as it moves
Gripping chest
Pounding near explosion
Gasping for air
Shadows surround for battle
Awaiting surrender
Unable to focus
Beyond a control
Body relinquishes power
Heart ruptures
Hyperventilation til unconscious
Death of one
Bound anew
Fused immortality
Bliss undescribed, unversed
Swells, boils, over pours
Seeping inside and out
Unity with another being
Understood and accepted
Mentally puzzled
Unable to digest
The possibility of being found
Categories:
hyperventilation, confusion, happiness, hope, passion,
Form: Free verse
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Andy allegedly yanked off
Wacky Wendy's wig.
It caused Wendy to screech and scream,
While Andy danced a jig.
Police weren't able to catch him,
But they did locate the wig.
Andy allegedly placed it
On Farmer Fred's pig.
Curvy Carla caused a pile up,
Late one afternoon.
She took a stroll, bikini clad,
And caused some men to swoon.
The men were treated at the scene,
For hyperventilation.
Curvy Carla got a ticket,
For excessive titillation.
That's all the news we have right now.
We'll be back when we've more to tell.
Thank you again for tuning in.
By golly, you've all been swell!
11/27/11
Kim Merryman
Entered in PD's "Make Me Smile" contest
Categories:
hyperventilation, funny, men,
Form: Rhyme
It came at me with stealth
My heart was racing
With gripping strength
My thoughts were pacing
Color drained from my face
It suffocated me
My head was spinning
Gasping from hyperventilation
With no chance of winning
Against the fight with fear
It left me vulnerable
My tears kept flowing
Dizzy and lightheaded
Left with no way of knowing
How to face the New Year
Categories:
hyperventilation, angst, depression, life, me,
Form: Rhyme