Hello brain

Hello Brain,

you may think this is an emergency.

It’s not.

It’s not you, it’s me

accidentally engaging panic mode

for mundane activities.

Then,

An explosion of thoughts.

My head

buckles under the weight

One. Deep. Breath.

I can’t quite catch

the air is thin,

then,

my mind is blank

Fight or flight kicks in

and stops me in my tracks.

You may think this is an emergency,

it’s not.

I seem to have lent on the panic button

accidentally.

Then, CHARGING FULL SPEED

to half-actualise a dream

half-imagined

then half-abandoned,

hanging vacant

in the meantime

…now,

where

did

I

leave

the

meantime?

A liminal space

marks out the boundaries

between the characters I inhabit

just

for a while.

No, that’s not you, it’s me

Forever chasing ghosts of people I thought I’d be.

You may think this is an emergency,

it’s not.

it’s not you, it’s me

forgetting to leave space to take a breath

engaging panic mode

accidentally.