Breathless Trust

Inside, my organs revolt,
a silent scream,
lungs lock up in a cold
and suffocating dream.
Gut wrenched tight, knotted with fear,
metallic taste
when the panic draws near.

My heart skips, a beat misplaced,
in the rhythm of a race it never chased.
They say breathe,
but the air feels thin,
trapped in a cycle I can’t win.

Jaw clenched tight, vision starts to burst,
stars in my eyes, a blinding outburst.
Every pulse throbs with dread,
echoes of a broken clock inside my head.

Can’t trust the very air I breathe,
each inhale cuts like something underneath.
This chaos, internal,
strangling what might have been.

Tell me to breathe,
to find some peace,
but my trust in breath
has long since ceased.
In this storm that won’t release,
I’m lost, breathless,
begging for decrease.