A Visit From The Panic Attack

The panic attacked
Attacks at will
Without warning
The adrenaline spills
Over the body
Invading the mind
Superseding volition
In a way so unkind.

What are the beliefs
That trigger the body to misbehave
Rendering one
A slave
Powerlessness
Has a power of its own
An investment in feeling less

It seems so opportune
To pop an anti-anxiety pill
Praying beyond prayers
To keep you still
Running like a fox on a hunt
Anticipating ill.

All those trauma memories of the past
Stored deep within the amygdale catacombs
Securely trapping the long inhabited
Isolation, abandonment tombs

When the burgeoning fountain spouts
All the anguish of the past comes forth
Traveling rapidly to the frontal lobe
Intellectual neurons of self judgment fire off

The most unlikely thought-
To stay and embrace the fear
May foil the ominous
and leave the mind and body clear.