Breathe in for 5:
My frantic thoughts go flying while I keep crying
Begging the demons in my head to stop lying 
Struggling to breathe as the world crashes down on me
Until nothing is left but an empty husk
Because I’m trapped within the horrors of my mind. 

 
Hold it for 4:
Why are you doing this to me?
Do you get off on making me suffer?
I never asked to be this way!
For once, just let me feel like I’m not a fuck up!

Release for 5:
The anxiety doesn’t care how I feel,
But that’s not how this will end.
You can beat me down until my body is bruised,
But this war will last a lifetime.
Get ready for the battle; I’m not giving up.

And Repeat.

Editor: Shannon Hensley