I wake in the morning, I hear an alarming banging on the door of my mind
“Get up at once!” “Stay in to hide from the day!”
“So much to do!” “Leave it all behind!”
Voices, voices, voices… I strive to keep them at bay!
“You are nothing!” “Work to become something!”
“Behold the power of the world!” “Find the freaking power you have!”
The cries of contradiction leave my spirit crushed and crying
Broken alone in the intellectual prison, no one speaking on my behalf
Excitement, nervousness, irritation, tension,
Sadness, despair, lethargy, hyperactivity, bored and overwhelmed!
Too much to feel but nothing I sense! Oh! The confusion!
On every dimension, inside I am hemmed!
When night falls, I retire in utmost exhaustion
I may have done nothing today, but my mind and soul fought a war
You tell me I look fine, and say I am lazy without question
Then you know not Anxiety, nor her pains and ugly horror!
Drama
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I think you’ve captured anxiety pretty well. As one with multiply anxiety disorders, contradicting thoughts, especially like those in the first stanza are all consuming. I also think it’s interesting that you’ve identified “Anxiety,” as A) a character onto itself and B) This character is female. Do you have any particular reasoning for these choices? I’m curious.
I seem to use a lot of female identities for things….. Women tend to be very passionate in what they do and express.
This is true! Women are pretty passionate, but men can also be passionate about things. I wonder…is your native language English or another language? I know that many other languages gender even inanimate objects, like German.
Certainly there are men who are very passionate and this is undeniable. We could start with world presidents, then ministers of the gospel and the list would continue. By the way I’m female therefore, an objective comment.
I sensed that perhaps a female was suffering with anxiety in this drama piece, hence the lines “Then you know not Anxiety, nor her pains”.
However, if the literature was about psychosis, I wonder if the gender would change?
Yeah, hey, Favoured, I totally didn’t think of it that way! I don’t know enough about psychosis to speak to the latter part, though.
Nicely expressed Elizabeth, especially this part “Get up at once!” “Stay in to hide from the day!” It reflects what
can be a true characteristic of anxiety disorder.
Yes, anxiety is a pain!