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My “friend”

I have a friend,l’ve known her all my life,
But lately she visits more often out of spite,
She’s irrational and out of her mind,
Her rhyme and reason I try to find,
She jumps to conclusions,
Creates situations and delusions,
She drives me insane!
But I still say I’m fine…,
She doubts every choice ,
Creates a quake in my voice,
Sending me on a downward spiral to my dismay,
I deal with her everyday,

Do you know her?

My “friends” name is Anxiety,
It has been all this time,
She’s apart of me always,
Keeping me in line…

— hopeless_writer, May 08, 2018

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Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
Is the internal logic consistent?

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raj

8 years ago

Hi HW

Anxiety nicely captured in this poem..
Cheers!

R

raj

8 years ago

HW

It is said "Make your staunchest critic your neighbor but never allow that neighbor to cross the line" . Means a lot eh!
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