Anxiety
What started out
As a simple bad dream
When I was 3 years old
Turned into something
So much worse
It turned into
Ripping the shower curtain open
Because I was scared something was hiding back there
It turned into
Getting out of bed late at night
Sometimes for no reason at all
It turned into
Voices in the back of my mind
Whispering ,Telling me I wasn't good enough
Telling me I was alone
But I see now that
I'm not alone
And I am enough
Please give a detailed explanation about the meaning and main idea of this poem.
Ever since I was little, I've struggled with bad anxiety. The situations described in the poem were actual things that I did when I was younger and sometimes I still do them! This poem is just about my personal experiences with anxiety. The dream mentioned at the beginning of the poem seemed so real to me. I feel like after that, things started to escalate.
Please explain your writing and thought process regarding this poem.
It was very hard for me to put this idea into words. It took a lot of tries for me to get it just right. I knew almost immediately I wanted to write about my anxiety, I just wasn't exactly sure how to.
Why did you choose to write this poem?
I was searching the web for contests to enter when I stumbled across Poet2Poet.