Paralyzed with fear, she can't think clearly <br />Her mind races back, to when she paid dearly <br />Back to a time, she sat sobbing in a court room <br />And heard the horrible things, about her aunts doom <br /> <br />Seeing what one person could savagely do to a loved one <br />Hearing how he tortured her for hours, until he was done <br />The autopsy pictures still so clear in her mind <br />The brutality once more, memories so unkind <br /> <br />She tries to tell herself now, it's only the cable man <br />But it goes back to another time, to an animals plan <br />Her heart racing, trembling with fear as he enters <br />She tries to reason, she's not alone and he plans no capers <br /> <br />She's terrified by this feeling of impending danger <br />She knows she shouldn't fear, this total stranger <br />How can one over come anxiety, with a past so brutal <br />Telling herself they are not all the same is futile <br /> <br />Will these horrifying panic attacks ever end <br />And will the horror in her life let her mend <br />She became his victim also that very day <br />With her anxiety attacks, she's still his prey!<br /><br />Donna Nimmo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/horrifying-panic-attacks/
