And as he was telling me about his morning plank sessions I found myself slowly drifting away from the conversation. My attention was slowly floating away like a white feather on a windy Monday morning. And suddenly it hit me again. That strange unknown sense of fear. Unpredictable and Unwanted. Like a bad flu in summer. I could hear my heart beating loudly. My mouth running dry but not completely parched. I looked around as the honking cars were synchronising with my thoughts. He continued to talk about the planks but all I could hear was - nothing.
Up until now i always felt like i was the kind of person who could handle her emotions. Who could reason and talk herself out of situations. Who could vent out her anger and sadness in form of art and eventually- it would all be okay. Up until fear consumed me. You see fear doesn't primarily live in the present or in the past like sadness or anger. It thrives on the unknown. The could be’s. The what if’s. The - everything is alright but something is massively going to fuck up’s. It thrives on your doubt, on your anxiety , on your anxiety about the anxiety. Until your whole body is filled to the brim and all you want to do is scream. All you want to do is make it stop, which obviously only increases it.
Somedays i wish i could just stick a big pipe in my heart or my brain and suck out every ounce of fear that has build a home in my body since I was 3. Every irrational thought, every unwanted worry, every sleepless night. I wish i could just plunge it deep into my flesh and let it pour out. I have been imagining this quite often these days. I have been imagining what colour it would be. Would it be tar black or pungent yellow. Due to conditioning i always settle on black. I imagine how light my body would feel once the liquid slowly poured out. I imagine myself smiling, a soft tear almost forming on my cheek. My whole body drifting away like a soft white feather but on yards of lush greenfields. And that thought makes me happy, really really happy.