Jitters
Some days I get the jitters
And I’ll shake and I’ll shiver
And my heart pitter patters
Up against my chest
Like a tiny tap dancer
And my pupils expand
And my eyes fill with tears
And they soak up the darkness
And all of its fears
And I’ll quiver and twitch
And I’ll get a bad itch
And I’ll scratch at my skin
Till it turns green as a witch
And I’ll take long deep breaths
That will dry out my lips
And I’ll try to calm down
As my stomach does flips
I’ll panic again
Set my hand on my heart
Feel my pulse pounding
As the cycle restarts
Over
and over
again
About this poem
This is a poem about how I feel before having a panic attack, which affects my life in many ways.
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Written on April 27, 2022
Submitted on August 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABACBDEFGHHIHJKLKMNOABBM |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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