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Let things go

My cycles of panic

By Lane BurnsPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Let things go
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I really want to let things go

And learn to live in ebb and flow.

But as I try to reach the top,

I cannot help but create and stop.

I hype myself up through out the days,

Try to remind myself it’s just a phase,

But when the dreaded day of bills arrives

I begin to feel my panic arise.

What if I cannot get the money again?

And then I all but start to spin.

As if the number in my account,

Has some meaning of my amount.

I look left and right to find a way,

To create more dollars without delay.

Spread out to multiple sources,

In hope that it will stop this capital forces.

And well I try to tell myself to just breath

It will all be over if I could just leave.

My anxieties and panicking thoughts

Before my brain truly rots.

Mental Health

About the Creator

Lane Burns

I am a Poet and an inspiring short story, one day novel writer.

I like to write in free verse mostly, but am heavily inspired by Emily Dickenson, and tend to create my own rules and ideas as well.

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