Behind The Barriers

Voices

I can hear the voices around me

Shouting, whispering

Begging for my attention

For my desperate pleas

I am their servant.

It's funny, isn't it

How you can be all alone

Yet there is a single voice inside us all

A voice that is different from our own

A voice that takes over,

Controls our actions, influences our thoughts.

A voice that takes on a persona of their own.

A voice that ties up who you are, trapping them in a cage

And posing as the new you.

The you that is terrifying

The you that tells you to do things,

Dangerous things,

Things that can hurt others and your self.

Things that can become compulsions, the only thing driving your existence,

While slowly killing you.

Actions, words, and thoughts that are out of your control,

Our control,

Out of your possession.

They are you now, and there is nothing you can do to stop them.

Resistance to this you, to this voice, to these commands and compulssions

Is futile.

They are you.

The funny part is, these voices start out by being your best friends,

But turn out to be your greatest enemies.

You are your greatest enemy,

and you can't change a thing.