Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #331

I'm Feeling
by Belinda Roddie

I'm feeling all the pressure on my back
and shoulders, tightening up into knots.
I fear that I'll have a panic attack,
or cough so much that soon, I'm seeing spots
in my vision. The dread has slowly crept
its way into my brain and nested there,
keeping me awake when I should have slept
and making my better judgment impaired.
Everyone's worried about me, I know,
but what am I supposed to say? I try
to hard to beat the fear and vertigo
that makes me sway and shake and laugh and cry
and put me through the roller coaster ride.
There's not much more of this that I can hide.