Psyche + Time = Anxiety

Benjamin Workman
1 min readMay 12, 2022

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Credit: Christian Schloevery — ‘Nightmakers’

Paralyzed by the unknown

Mind tuned to the one tone

Psychological Panopticon

Corners forging an octagon

All 8 lead to an hourglass

Blank stare, watching an hour pass

Deadlines approach

Intrusive thoughts encroach

Immaterial disturbance

Been disturbed since

Assigned the design of a screenplay

To reorient the human controller

Ready? Player One holds the controller

For games designed with screen-play

In mind — Thoughts of failure, laughter

The heart beats faster

What comes after?

Time ticks faster

BPM & tick-tock symphony

Anxiety has it in for me

Time to pick up the pen

Get to it, then

The pages remain blank

More gas to maintain tank

Ahh, there’s a hole-in-one

Blame the driver

Toss it in the car bin

Reset the breath — Exhale carbon

Visions of losses

Become flosses

Blanket statement — Too cold

What’s under-cover?

Ideas — Too bold

Time is the root of anxiety

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Benjamin Workman
Benjamin Workman

Written by Benjamin Workman

Founder of HireHarmony | Machiavelli meets Peter Petrelli | Poet | Recording Artist |

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