Pitch black: darkness;
I've had this feeling before,
A gush of worry; an influx of insecurity,
Muddled thoughts and disproportionate fear;
Save me,
I'm drowning
In feelings I cannot control.

I gasp but I do not breathe;
My heart thumping,
My hands start to tingle;
Save me,
I'm drowning
In a wave so overwhelming
it swallows me whole.

I do not move;
My mind paralyzed,
I turn cold;
Save me,
I'm drowning,
In my own collapsing soul.