I can’t breathe

No matter how hard I try

I’m still gasping for air

Drowning in the silence

Or in the noise

My own mind

Suffocating me

They say 

America was raised 

By our founding fathers 

And I'm sure it was 

But what about it's mothers 

Lying in my bed

Staring at the ceiling

Rethinking the day

Going over everything I said

Everything I did

But please

Don't tell my friends

About my excessive overthinking