#nerves poems on Hello Poetry

Shattered Thoughts Aug 2020

Fluttering Insides
Dizzy Head
Take a step
Do not fall
Right there it is
That which you seek
But my mind
Is playing with me
Feet of lead
Loss of words
I cannot do this
Collapse without words

nerves or love?

#nerves #love

Amanda Hawk Jun 2020

Fountain

These days, anxiety pools around feet
And I drown, which means
I wake up randomly gasping
Pulling at the air, searching for a ladder
Flailing in early morning
As if I am trying to fly
I want to fly away or pull the moon down
So I can build sandcastles on its surface
Then move in, taking residency up in the stars
Fear comes in waves, ebbing and flowing
Over my nerves, breaking down sandcastles
Anxiety, a fountain, always overflowing
Seeping into the corners of my eyes
And I cry for a raft in this tumultuous sea

#fountain #anxiety #sea #grasping #nerves #help

ava Dec 2019

Nervous

from nerves, I cannibalise my fingers
my blood clots, and dries out
crusty and painful
yet I keep on pressing, biting
because it gives me focus
a sick type of satisfaction,
a sense of control.

I whine tears leak out, my eyelids stuttering,
Tired
my fingers bit, bone exposed and ******
my fingernails and fingerprints
all gone,
remains lay in my stomach
acid consuming the scraps of skin
this is what I call my very own cannibalism.

#cannibalism #nervous #anxious #stressed #blood #nerves

Sabika Jan 2020

Anxiety

It hits like a bullet.
Caught off guard,
Triggered by the circumstance,
Fuelled with the negative thought,
Your mind starts to race and all sense is blur.

It hits like a tsunami.
One second you could breathe,
The next your nostrils and mouth is forced shut,
Your insides are burning,
You’re crashing against sorrows
And there’s oh so much desperation
For the need to simply
Breathe.

When the feeling is this intense
You won’t know what hit you.

#anxiety #panic #attack #anxietyattack #depression #depressed #anxious #nervous #nerves #mental

Peter Tanner Nov 2019

First Flight

The bird struggled to its feet
The day had finally come
In fear the bird gave a small tweet
The first flight is frightening to some
Fly or fall, two options nothing more nothing less
To me this is comparable to my own stress
I asked her out, she said yes.
I thought my trial had ended
I flew from the tree and didn’t fall
But now is the greatest test of them all
Will I survive the world of prey?
Or will I fall victim and dark be my days?
No one knows til the end is come
Not even the bird itself until it has lived a full life and bourn it’s young.
Or one with the earth the bird has become

She said yes but will the first date go well? If not will it spell the end?

#bird #metaphor #dating #dates #fear #nerves #newworld

Angela Rose Oct 2019

Anomaly

You're not my type
Not in the slightest
But yet, there you are making me ever so nervous
And yet, here I am primping myself up for no reason

You're not my type
Not in the conventional ways
But yet, here you are saying my name and I blush
And yet, here I am writing about someone who doesn't notice me

You're an anomaly in my day to day functions and I am ready to explore

#different #anomaly #change #type #romance #crush #nervous #nerves

S Sep 2019

L Train

Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
The sound of our feet moving on the dance floor.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
Me sitting on the concrete outside the vintage store.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
Is it selfish to ask for something more?
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
Or am I just scared that I’m not what you are looking for?
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
The racing of my heart as I work up the nerves.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
Trying to resist what I want to preserve.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
I’m sorry it took the moon thirty six cycles for me to come to my senses.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
No- not senses, for me to make up my **** mind.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
This is simply hard to find.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
I guess I was more ready than I realized.

#relationship #nerves #heart #honest #chance

Merinda Sep 2019

Burning in Burst

Shining light was burning in burst
Shattered into dark colors
Made those stars such a liar
Shooting light through the darkness
Looking for forgiveness
Too reaching fantasy in fearless
It gave me nerves
To think about someone that never loves

#burning #burst #loves #nerves #fearless #colors #poem #poems #poetry

seraph Aug 2019

What I noticed while you weren’t looking

The tremble of your lips grasping at the idea of sound, of sentences.
What is there to share, what to make of secrets?

The soft, swift, brief touch of our knees,
The recoil that follows immediately.

The pattering of your voice over the chatter of the shop
making the mundane a private, intimate affair.

The way you shifted in your seat next to me,
Concerned with the space you and I and we were occupying.

The tentative nature of your suggestions,
How you watched and waited for me to lead.

#cafe #date #nerves