a r c a n e [Poems]

Internal voices

We're told that the voices our parents use are the voices we hear in our own minds
This makes since to me

It explains why I'm so so hard on myself
It explains why I yell at myself when the tears fall silently and unexplainably

I hate this voice in my head and I wish it would go away

I'm told to give it time
That in time the voices will stop
But I'm not so sure
Because this is how I talk to myself

I'm told to tell people what the voices say and that will ease the pain

I'm not sure that's true though
I think that will add more voices to the mix

More judgment and more hate
The fear of what they would say and how they would react

I should've just kept my mouth shut In the first place

That's what I was told and maybe he was right