Panic

My heartbeat pounding in my ears is far too loud for my own personal taste. Despite the assurance that it's keeping the blood pumping through my limbs, more than anything the beating seems to have hollow resonance. My nerve endings are blunted and as I blindly search within my mind for something to hold on to to steady myself I come up empty handed. And drowning. Despite all attempt to keep my head above water the ridiculous weight of air presses down, down, down until I'm so deep underwater, all I hear is my heartbeat.