Never happened before <br />First time today <br />An “innocent” conversation <br />Completely took my breath away …….. <br /> <br />Couldn’t breathe! <br />Couldn’t speak! <br />Couldn’t move! <br />Wanted to get away <br />Anywhere but here! <br />Fought back, then <br />With reluctant limbs <br />Into the street <br />People stare…… <br />Don’t care ……. <br />Struggling for air! <br />Want help <br />Nowhere to go but <br />Back. <br /> <br /> <br />It has passed now <br />But what was lost? <br />Invaded by fear, <br />Denied a choice, <br />Sapped of strength <br />Forced into submission. <br />Stripped of dignity. <br />Laid bare to those <br />I would not have chosen <br />To see my nakedness. <br />I am crushed. <br /> <br />Feels like everything <br />Has changed <br />Never to be <br />The same again <br />Am I now facing <br />The real me? <br />Have I been <br />Acting a part <br />In a play that has <br />Now finished its run? <br />Wonder what <br />Tomorrow will bring? <br />Only the invincible flame of <br />Hope gleams on.<br /><br />Susan Ash<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/panic-attack/
