Locked into the past

I guess there are times when I feel I've been here before. Deja vu if you like but deeper, not just the actions or speach but the feelings and my behaviour to and whole scene repeated. Well this feeling of time repeating is part of what I'm trying to say, the other part is how it can feel when your behaviour is limited by the past by what has gone before something that you cannot escape. So

Locked into the past

You live and relive the past

it is now and yet still then
your old self, the child not grown
unaltered by time, emotions still cycling
life changes yet repeats
you echo what was

Your fear confines and defines you

a cycle created by others, maintained by you
you suffer your past and call it your present
you never move yet hate what’s around
denying the truth, you blame all but yourself
for your past that's still present

Being Overwhelmed

I guess most of us have felt overwhelmed at some point, whether it be through nerves or fear, however for some life is always overwhelming and everything that happens can feel like it's going to do that. So overwhelmed could be just another day in the life for someone who fears what might happen next.

Falling ,floating

places people go past so fast
whizz around and come back again
turning, twisting, slowing briefly
then speeding away
nothing ever the same

Connecting and separating so fast
warm and then cold
full and then empty
rushing forward doing everything
no time to rest, to feel safe