Sheeks Bhattacharjee
panic attacks
DISCLAIMER: This work mimics what a panic attack feels like and the thoughts behind such an attack, so read at your own discretion!!
i can’t
no air
chest hurts
why me?
i can’t
help it.
loud thoughts
no time
i can’t
breathing, right!
gotta breathe...
just inhale
i can’t
chest hurts
just breathe
please...
i can’t
all of this
just
needs to
stop.
Friends
DISCLAIMER: This work hints at suicide, self harm, and suicidal thoughts!
My only companion
is the one whose company you fear.
The one and only companion
who you'd rather not hear.
But they've been with me
even when I wished to be dead.
In fact, the only one
who's been with me when I've bled.
We mostly cry together
but, there are happy moments too!
Together forever,
when away you flew
You've always hated them
never even glanced their way
Tell you what though,
I'd be with them any day.
Sheeks Bhattacharjee (she/they) is a first-year college student at the Pennsylvania State University and is the co-founder/EIC of Vocivia Magazine and a nonprofit organization (Astral Cognition). She often writes poetry and makes music about her own feelings and mental state and occasionally dabbles in art. They have published work in Coexist Lit and Harmonic Mag as well as a couple of poems featured on the Young Poets Unite Instagram! All of her work can be found on her website: thecreativitydumpyard.tk.
You can also find them on Twitter and Instagram as @mildlysomewhat.