NoNcHaLaNtLy BHAVANI

117. TENSION

It starts for everyone, I guess, in the stomach.
It probably churns the intestine and kneads it too.
The sensation then travels up straight.
It just knocks the heart and leaves it palpitating.
Then it is the ‘heart in the mouth’ feeling.
As we struggle to gulp it back,
Something shoots high up in the head.
The mind then feels like a ‘tabula rasa’.
Now the adrenaline is fully secreted,
From head to toe everything shakes.
Eyes miss everything but still sees,
Blood gushes to the ears and it turns red.
Water fails to stay in the mouth and it is dry.
Total unrest and uneasiness.
This phenomenon is termed ‘TENSION’.
17 November 2004