Crushed by you

Crushed by you

Fear grips like handcuffs,

I can’t move, I am trapped now,

You are crushing me.

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The Fear

Fear coils around my chest,

each breath a fight against your weight.

Walls close in and shadows stretch,

I am small, unseen, and pressed.

Your presence looms like iron,

a chain I cannot undo.

I reach for air, for space, for mercy,

but only find the grip tightening.

Time slows, every second a shackle,

and I wonder if release is a memory

or a dream I can no longer touch.

But still, I wrench my soul from your hands,

a flare of defiance in the dark.

Though crushed beneath your shadow,

I shatter, burn, and claw my own escape