The imagery in this poem is amazing. You've done a great job of linking words and pictures in this. Your verb use is also fantastic, because the words you've chosen have a life of their own and make the reader see something. I worry about your comma usage at the beginning at the end of lines, because I don't think a lot of those need to be there. Just breaking a line is enough to signal a pause. Keep writing! :)

Wow. Again, I like it.

oh my god. beautiful frustration, anxiety, gives you that wriggly feeling you just can't escape. powerful & effective.

wow, powerful imagery. keep on writing!

I had a question about your use of colons. Are they meant to emphasize?

Loved the analogy of being reduced to a meow like a potential flood being reduced to nothing.

And in the final stanza, I agree; exhaustion stays with you once you've swallowed it.

Hm, I enjoyed reading this. It's definitely a different style than what I've been reading lately, so it was a nice change from the usual. Nicely done.

Interesting poem, well written.

Well, it has been a while since I reviewed. Going through my old poems and saw your name. A good poem like my fuzzy memory serves. Like a diamond in the rough, could stand for some polishing. I'm not one to talk though, haven't written in close to a year.

I love the mood of this; the power of anxiety and how it holds so much weight over people. Well done.

Juliet.

I like this.. the ending especially