panic.

There's a rope around my chest

Tied, like a noose

And they are pulling it

Tighter, tighter, tighter

Each breath torn from lungs

The air sucked away

Quicker, quicker

As the pit of my stomach falls away

Tighter, tighter,

Pain building

Bile forced up my throat

Quicker, quicker

Head pounding, heart aching

Limbs failing

Tighter,

Vision fading

Quicker,

Tight,

Quick,

Black.