Friday, December 28, 2012

"Hi" by Ana Hagins


My mind starts to race

at increasing increments,

a pace so unrealistic my thoughts can’t keep up.

 

Arrange, rearrange.

Arrange, rearrange.

Constantly changing,

but not in cycles.

 

One step closer and

my nerves go haywire.

Hostility.

A total mental chaos.

 

Anxiety hits…

 

PANIC!

 

PANIC!

 

PANIC!

 

Arrange, rearrange.

Arrange, rearrange.

Constantly changing,

but it’s not a pattern.

 

Viciously banging against my head,

my thoughts can’t get a grip on

what needs to be done.

Ever so aggressively scourging my tongue

that my teeth began to chatter.

Brain freeze.

 

WAKE UP!

I’m awake,

in a zone but not focused

…gotta get focused.

 

KNOCK! KNOCK!

It exasperates intensely on my throat like

I’m chokin’,

and then it gets me nauseous.

 

SPIT IT OUT!

Now I gotta puke

like a punk overdosin’.

 

Arrange, rearrange.

Arrange, rearrange.

Constantly changing.

 

I’m flipped like opposites.

Gemini.

Now yin and yang.

 
STOP!

Now im feeling woosey.

 
 
One step closer…

 
 
WARNING!

YOU ARE NOW OVERDOSIN’

OFF A DRUG THAT GETS YOU OPEN!

 

One step closer and it all replays…

 
 
PANIC: arrange, rearrange.

 
 
WAKE UP: I’m woke. I’m in a zone but not focused. Gotta stay focused.

 
 
KNOCK KNOCK: it hits so hard off my throat like im chokin’. 

 
 
Arrange, rearrange.

Arrange, rearrange.

 
 
One step closer…

 
 
SPIT IT OUT!

 

I take one final step

and say…

“Hi”.

2 comments:

  1. hehe i know this probably has nothing to do with why you wrote it this way but this is exactly how my mind feels when im writing. trying to grasp one concept and then another one popps up in my head over and over so much that my hand is writing faster than,... well than as you put it "a pace so unrealistic my thoughts can’t keep up." then the english teacher in me starts to "arrange and rearrange" constantly through the whole proccess

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  2. Love the emotion and panic felt in this. Totally miss seeing you perform, Ana. Keep it up; will be looking for more!

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