The frustration crept upon him like a shadow
as its master retreats from light.
It gnawed at his thoughts
Lying to him,
Misleading his every judgment.
His heart grew tight in his chest
& his world faded into bleak despair.
"Something isn't quite right" he murmured
Trailing off as his heavy eyes rolled back into his head.
His tense heart quickened in its cage
And he drew his hand up to clutch at its exterior,
It felt oddly heavier, his fingers thick and cumbersome
Yet they moved as if struck by lightning,
Spasmodic and uncontrollable
His heartbeat rose to a peak
Leaping and thudding.
His ears... once full of busy typing and whirring machinery
Now filled with the heavy droning of his palpitating, violent heart
The streetlights buzzing outside,
The drip of the overflowing gutters,
The thoughts that consumed his soul
Screaming,
Pleading,
Begging in his eardrum
The vibrations from these hammered down his heavy body
Through his spine
And shook his toes as if his pained thoughts were being fed to him through amplifiers
His pale brow beaded with sweat,
Chilling him to the bone
Then, as readily as it took him, it ceased.
Relief
The clock above him ticks its beat,
One,
Two...
He sighs,
Letting his breath shudder out through clenched teeth
All seems calm suddenly...
He does not know what overtook him...
Cannot begin to consider it before it hits him again,
Only faster come the thoughts,
The noises from afar return,
Thudding louder,
And louder still!
He cannot take it anymore
He opens his mouth to let forth a scream
To wail upon his unseen surroundings
But no sound issues forth.
No one looks up to see his pale, wet visage
Nor hears his terrifying scream