Voices

So many voices
Can't get away.
Many deny the joy of my birth.
Few encourage me to live.
All speak to me in riddles.
Which should I listen to?

So many voices
Screaming in my head.
No escape now
It's too late.

Should I listen to the majority?
Who tell me that I should regret the day of my birth
and hate the life that I live.
Or should I listen to the few that tell me
to live and be happy.

How can I listen to the screaming voices?
Pain, blood, agony, suffering some scream at me.
Happiness, family, joy, the others wail.
Listen to neither my own thoughts say.
But how do I keep them away?
Pray. My thoughts say.
Then they shall leave.

So many voices, quieting down.
Now am I free?