Anxiety Is an Ocean

By Ellie Stokes

Anxiety is like an ocean,

It comes in waves.

Some are calm and bearable,

Some leave you drowned in a haze.

The freezing water fills you up

From your head to your toe.

It leaves you trapped and screaming

But with nowhere to go.

It seeps under your skin,

Runs through every vein

Yet nothing that you try

Will ever make it go away.

Anxiety is like an ocean

With waves so high and deep

That leave you locked inside this pit

With walls too slick and steep.

You'll run and you'll hide

But it's impossible to escape

The feeling of hopelessness

That fear and dread are your fate.

You can try and try

But nothing really works.

It's as though nothing will break

This insufferable curse.

Anxiety is like an ocean

That looks calm from the shore

But when you're in it, the storms

Will leave you chilled to your core.

By Ellie Stokes