Numb

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It begins

With a pain in the gut

And spreads to my legs

Making them tingle

Making them weak

Then it spreads up my abdomen

Reaches my chest

Squeezes

Tighter, tighter, tighter

Until I can no longer breathe

It reaches up my throat

Strangling me

Refusing all air

Up my nose

Into my head

It pricks and it

Burns

Fills my brain with 

Horrid thoughts

And then, as if it's had enough of torturing me

It ceases

It pulls away

Melting off of me

But as it melts

It pulls everything else with it

Every emotion

Every feeling

And it leaves an icy presence

In its place

And as the ice spreads through me

It numbs me

Until all of the pain is

Gone

Until I can stand without

Wavering

Until I can breathe without

Struggle

Until I can think without being 

Effected by my thoughts

Until nothing even 

Matters

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