:: voices

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i can hear them

can you

/

i can hear

voices

when i am trying

to drown away

my sorrows

in the shower.

they grow louder

and louder

until

the only thing

i can hear

is nothing.

i feel

an eerie silence

that quiets

my whole body.

the kind you feel

when you know

someone

has just stepped into

your dark

and silent

room.

/

i can hear them

can you?

/

they want me.

i don't know

why.

i was listening

to music:

the only thing

that blocks out

my thoughts.

but as

one song

changed to the next,

i heard the voices.

calling me

from afar.

/

i can hear them

can you?

/

i can

feel them getting

closer.

/

i can hear them

can you?

/

the voices

around me

are trying

to kill me.

and right now,

i am alone.

the voices are

my only friends.

and right now,

they are the only

thing i can hear.

the voices

are trying

to kill me.

and right now,

they might

be

winning.

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