Breathe

Emotions closing in on me,

Surrounding me,

Threatening to pull me under,

Into the abyss.

Breaths come shorter,

and shorter,

air struggles to make it through.

tears pool in my eyes,

spilling in rivers down my face,

as I watch concerned faces through windows in my mind.

Words fail me,

I can’t move,

can’t breathe,

can do nothing but wait.

Wait for the emotions to recede,

for the breaths to come,

for the rivers to dry,

for the words to find me,

to be free of the abyss,

to find the light again.