''Portrait of a Panic Attack'' Rewrit (1st draft)
With mammoth fears I fret as Death comes near,all too near! And in my ears, buried deep,
comes a ghostly tick-tock—it's all I hear!
So deep, deep in my ears I cannot sleep!
I'm manic; and with every breath I panic
and hyperventilate (as my lungs scream
for air,—as from a nightmare so fantastic
and surreal that it's unlike any dream
I've e'er dreamt of!). With unavailing breath,
I wane, wane dreamily as though on a bier,
as though miles under earth buried beneath
am I,—as I fret in fears when Death comes near!
But I'm still here in fear (of these attacks),
for I'll die in their death throes and climax!
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2021-01-30 at 04:03
Tags Bipolar Mania Paroxysm
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