The Voices

TRIGGER WARNING, MENTIONS OF SELF HARM, EATING DISORDERS, DEPRESSION, MENTAL ILLNESS

There are voices in my head

They keep me up at night

I never get any rest

Because all they do is fight

Sometimes they’re so loud

I scream into the sky

I have to do this often you see

If not they’ll make me die

They whisper nasty things at me

Like how I’m just a bother

To my friends

To myself

And truly to my mother

They tell me to hurt myself

Because then I will feel clean

When my wrist are bleeding out

And my stomachs nice and lean

They yell at me sometimes to

To remind me who’s in charge

They tell me I’m pathetic

I’m useless

And I’m really very large

You would think after all these years

It wouldn’t matter what they say

But after a while you start to believe it

When they say it everyday

They like to make me suffer

They like to hear me cry

Their greatest goal they have for me

Is to sit and watch me die

Author's Note

THIS AND ALL MY OTHER POEMS WITH TRIGGER WARNING ARE MY WAY OF EXPRESSING MY OWN DEMONS AND IN NO WAY ARE AGREEING WITH ANY TYPE OF SELF HARM AND IF YOU ARE PLEASE CALL A HOTLINE AND GET HELP!! YOU ARE LOVED.