Agoraphobia
The day after that is just what I fear
whether now or in summer, a burden I bear
It isn’t so much that I cannot control
or manage my feelings, crying and all
but just what it does to my nearsighted self
is enough to scare that poor elf on the shelf
I find that I’m worried now most of the time
the worry and fear, certainly not a crime
but just like the last time it happened to me
Its the way that I felt that I don’t want to be
So if that day should arrive and stand in my way
Its here in my home that I will choose to stay.
©2024 CBialczak
I don’t know what pushed me to write these words…they just sort of happened and by the time I was near the end I realized it sounded like someone who was afraid to leave their home. Total fiction, for me at least!
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Christine it really flowed and the touches of humor (that stinking elf deserves to be scared) were perfect!
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I hate the elf on the shelf, he’s creepy. Did you see there is now a Snoop Dog on something and I saw someone else, maybe Martha Stewart.
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A great description of agoraphobia Christine. Had me almost agreeing.
Thanks for joining in 😀
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I am happy this is fiction. My mother struggled off and on with this. She would be too anxious to leave home; or she would leave home, get somewhere, and start crying and go home. It took me a long time to realize the nerves I feel about going to appointments is exactly that. Thankfully I push through it 90% of the time.
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I suppose it comes with the knowledge of what fear and anxiety can do to someone…
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