A Poem: Lights, Sounds

By: Christine McFarlane

Lights

Sounds

Bouncing

Off the walls

Around me

Feeling 

enclosed

trapped

Too many

Bodies

In one room

People yelling

People laughing

Conversation

Next to impossible

Lights

Sounds

Bouncing

Off the walls

Around me

I stand 

Against the wall

Observing

A hand

Wrapped around

A cold drink

To help 

Pass the time

And

Make me forget
About the anxiety

That threatens
To engulf me