Voices

Feeling so crazy,

With these voices in my head;

Some days they scream,

Other days they whisper instead.

There isn’t much time,

They leave me alone;

It’s like an open connection,

On a party line telephone.

It took a while,

For me to sort out;

What all of these voices,

We’re talking about.

Some are angry,

They scream and rage;

I do all that I can,

To keep them caged.

Others are child-like,

They laugh and they play;

They take endless delight,

In each sunny day.

Deep inside,

Is a creative voice;

Sometimes it takes over,

Leaving me little choice.

It allows me to tap in,

To multiple dimensions of me;

I’m glad I learned to balance them,

Integrating them helped set me free.

Leslie Bertrand

©Paradoxical Phoenix

#paradoxicalphoenixignite

Original graphic art by XiaoFan Zhang

“The Voices in My Head”