The Voices

The voices...they speak to me

They tell me things I need to hear

Yet I don't want to listen

I want to feel free and do as I want

Without them whispering in my ear

I know what's wrong and right

I know the difference between the two

But leave me alone for once

And let me do as I want to

I'm not perfect, perfection isn't real

Its only in the eye of the beholder

And, if I don't fit your standards

I really do not care.

I feel what I think and think what I feel

I say what needs to be said

I say what should be kept silent

But I speak for the voices

Which I sometimes cannot stand

I speak for myself

And I SPEAK to make a STAND.

I write down these words

Because these words are my thoughts

My thoughts are my guidance

And my guidance is all I've got.

So the voices are speaking to me

And I'm trying to shut them out

Yet they begin to yell, they begin to shout

They begin to scream obsene things at me

And I don't know what to do.

They told me to write a poem

They told me to put down what they said

Yet I disobeyed them this time

And I, I switched up their words

I told them this is my choice

My poem, my passion, my life

I'll write what I want

They can't overpower my mind.

Now the voices are still here

But I have defeated their power

And even though I hear their scruffy voices

I will no longer fear what they say

I will no longer do as told

Because the voices are not always right

But, they aren't always wrong

They're a human inside my head

That never sleeps or leaves

So I must accept that they are here

With me, but I won't let them win

I make my own choices

And learn by my mistakes

The voices no longer have control

Over what I do and say.

Author's Note

WOW! FREE WRITE! I actually did this in no time and took Jakey's advice...and didn't rhyme every single line like I normally do.

Reviews

[Crazy Cat Man]

sometimes...especially young poets on this site..tend to try to force a rhyme in every poem.....you don't have to do that....not ever poem is a rap song lol..... but this is a pretty good piece of free form. You take the reader into a journey of your mind.