Pound pound my heart takes a hop
as I think how all things could go wrong
I pause and wait for it to stop

My mind absorbs the worst like a mop
All the bad in my head an annoying dong
pound pound my heart takes a hop

Sometimes I feel like I might pop
It’s like the refrain of an annoying song
I pause and wait for it to stop

Rational things just form the top
the list of all the fears is long
pound pound my heart takes a hop

It often makes my stomach drop
but on the outside I look strong
I pause and wait for it to stop

Sometimes it feels so nonstop
and closes in like the sound of the gong
pound pound my heart takes a hop
I pause and wait for it to stop

Katie DeBenedetti ’19