THE PAIN IN VOICES

The silence of the night

echoed through the shallow confines of his tortured mind

as he laid gasping his final few breaths every miniscule second

he had taken the pills

to silence the voices that told him to do those horrid things

the ones that said kill little jimmy

rape little susie

molest little carter

the ones with the hold on him

that would allow him to live in peace

 

He awoke with his final memory

being that of his neighbor finding him

lying in the pool outback

the sirens echoed loudly as he hoped

that every breath had been his last

swearing that he would not be returned

to the mercy of the voices

 

They pulled him

from the depths of his shallow river of pieces

as he heard the voices scream

"HOW DARE YOU!

TRYING TO SILENCE US!

HA YOUR PATHETIC!

WE ALWAYS WIN

YOU ARE AT OUR MERCY

YOU ARE OUR SLAVE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

Very dark poem about the negative side of human conscience, I really enjoyed this piece. The ending was haunting and oh so dark, and the beginning was brilliant. Amazing job, to put it blandly.