The shadows hang from the off-white ceiling,
made of aged tiles with their black paint spatters,
held together by cheap metal supports,
never moving or changing much,
save for the almost-yellow glow age gives white.
The shadows seem to roll down the walls,
pressing their weight down upon my shoulders,
forcing me to question my lofty dreams and ambitions.
These are the days people don't talk about;
the words never add up;
that sinking feeling,
in the pit of your stomach;
a thick belt of lead,
limiting everything you do,
impossible to ignore.
Anxiety has a way of destroying a person;
the slowest erosion,
a harsh wind scraping the bare, unprotected rocks,
and throwing all the soil away,
until vegetation is impossible;
nothing lives there anymore.
The wind refuses to give up its assault,
my rocky exterior is smooth like glass,
and just as transparent and fragile;
where has all my soil gone?
Andy Veilleux 
Wow…I really love this poem and how it captures the impact of anxiety and self-doubt upon a person’s life….just dynamic imagery.
thanks a lot 🙂
divine…………excellent…….magical words play……..
woman because of gender has a natural inclination towards right brain which is feminine in nature represents the soul.
man because of gender has a natural inclination towards left brain which is masculine in nature represents body.
as we grow in age ,shift occurs from zero awareness to soul awareness to mind awareness and to body awareness in a fluid manner gap widens between right and left brain and journey into the world mind, material and memories of joy and sorrow and gradual loss of happiness ,that invaluable taste of zero, which we want to replenish with values of the material world without understanding the nature of zero.
( in our sleep this cycle get reversed everyday by beta,alpha, theta,and delta brain waves last resulting into zero awareness sleep )
Balance between the two will be the humanity beyond gender.
left hand governed by right brain represents the “soul”.
right hand governed by left brain represents “body”.
fold them together for prayer to experience oneness that is present and taste of god.
that is namaste (eastern greeting gesture ) to bow to god in oneself.
Happiness is prayer and thanks to zero.