Best Poems Written by Ayra Ahsan

Anxiety's Wildfire

You ask me what I'm afraid of,
Is it spiders, snakes, heights?
Does your heart race every time you're on a mountain?
Or plummeting through the sky on gliders?

Let me tell you what I'm afraid of,
Not heights,
Not animals,
Not danger,
But of everyday life,

Of the thoughts that consume my brain,
The fear that one day, it'll all be too much for me,
Everything crashing down to an abrupt end,
My existence consisting of tears and memories,

So you ask what I'm afraid of,
Of the future,
Of the loneliness,
Of the walking into school everyday,

Skydiving isn't a challenge,
Neither is swimming with sharks,
But coming face to face with the monster that is my anxiety,
Stirs the greatest fear of all

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