Anxiety can look like this...

Sometimes it's a thought, a feeling---

small at first, almost harmless.

A tightness in my chest I try to ignore.

But it grows and takes over.
The thought loops.
The feeling settles into my chest,
heavy and familiar.

I try to trace where it started,
but anxiety doesn’t explain itself.
It just shows up,
again and again,
like a wave I didn’t see coming.

I know it will subside; it's a matter of time...