The Voices Have Gone.
I feel funny today I think the demons have gone away.
I should feel happy, it should feel like it is a good day.
In my head I’m still searching for them, I want to play.
I miss it when I cannot hear what the voices have to say.
For years they have been the only company I have had.
Though most of the time they drive me completely mad.
I get worried when I do not hear them for a little while.
They are the things that remind me that I am still alive.
Should be celebrating that I have some peace in my head.
Yet, I am feeling a little anxious and very stressed instead.
I feel I have been left and forgotten by a truly dear friend.
I find I am wanting the voices to come to me back again.
Will I be able cope if the voices decide never to come back.
Will my crazy mind be able to cope with the peace of that.
Without them there is a deafening silence filling my home.
If they are not here, then i am completely alone on my own
Nataiella .
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Tobani / Nataiella (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Around 4 years ago, i had around a week when the voices went really quiet and i got worried by that, so i wrote this.
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I do know of these voices but I rarely hear them any longer. Other sounds seem to have taken more importance of late 🙏🏻🕊️
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When we grow accustomed to something no matter what we miss it. A most interesting poem of defining what is normal as opposed to what is good. And then we must ask good for who. Nicely done Tobani
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Feels/sounds like a psychosis - so where (many folks end up in hospital)....are you??
A neat write.
I have been at times, thank you for your comment, enjoy the rest of your day
Wow. Profound, vulnerable, raw, honest...and wise. Of course, coming from the author of the "Wise Man Say" series, that is not a surprise. Indeed. I believe we all hear voices...though not in the sense you are presenting here. Still, I can relate to this in a lot of ways. Truthfully, that is the hard thing about psych meds, whether it be for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or whatever, there's piece of "you" that goes away with the struggle or the "voices" or whatever is being "treated." Some drugs more than others, but that is why it is so challenging for a lot of people to stay on their medication. I have found myself there in that struggle. Well done on this, my friend. A much needed write, Nataiella. Thank you for sharing! 🖤🕯️🧠🌫️🤍
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We need the dark as much as we need the light. Beautiful poem
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Your welcome
Those demons are thoughts that you have when you worry about things, sometime you come to a place where you have no worries and then you worry about having no worries. Life is strange but we can all move on in the knowledge that life will be good and waiting for us all to enjoy.
Fine words Tobani.
Andy
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There's a subtle note of humor which I suppose is called sarcasm, but I prefer the chuckle you gave me. Fascinating reality delineated. Perhaps you'd like my tinnitus for style? It drives me and has long, long driven me to keep music and other recordings perpetually in the background to distract me from the constant tinny whine. Gorgeously rendered with excellent imagery and a fitly haunting poignancy. Thank you for sharing.
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