anxiety crawling at your skin and bones

gnawing through muscle and fat

dulling your nerves

burrowing in your brain

hiding

waiting

aching

 

going why did you go

staying why are you staying

doing what are you doing

 

studying away

leaving home

creating a mess

 

coming back home

come back home

 

tapping, the subtle pain in my head

cackling,

 

succumbing.