Voices

Darkness surrounds me; no light can be seen.

Voices I hear, "low and sad"

Remind me of the life I should have had.

At times, I hear only one voice;

At others, it swells into a chorus.

Desperately, I plead with these voices:

"Go away!" But my cries, my begging,

They do not heed.

What must I do to silence them,

To find peace within my restless mind?

They haunt my dreams,

They shadow my days.

Desperately, I search for meaning,

For reasons why they torment me so.

I look back upon my life

Yes, I made mistakes,

Wrong choices, and decisions

That caused pain to myself and others.

But how do I atone? How do I move on?

Please, someone, tell me what I can do.

All I want is silence.

All I want is for these voices

To leave me alone.

Reviews

[Kane Hagwood]

Sounds like you wrote this in a very dark place mentally. I remember my mid twenties really struggling with a lot of things. Hell, I'm working through things that happened to me THIS year! It's been a rough one. It sounds like you've had a hell of an adventure as well. I hope you're doing alright, and I think it's awesome that you're expressing that pain through writing. Perhaps I'm reading too deep into things. Either way, this is a potent poem. It makes me think about all the darkness I myself had to swim through. I hope the light finds you, friend.