When you carry your worst enemies in your head. |
Entered in "The Writer's Cramp" - did not place. 40 LINES Form: Rhyming. 4-Line verses, AABB Rhyme Scheme. I thought that they would never leave Those notions that lie, voices that deceive. For months they ran around my head In daylight hours or lying awake in bed. They shouted, they whispered, they goaded me To despair, they wouldn't let me be. "You're no good," they said. "You're useless." And for a while, I must confess I believed what they said was right Those voices of darkness blocked the light. I believed I had no purpose in life Not being a lover, girlfriend or wife. I believed the future held nothing for me Not having any offspring on the family tree. I thought I didn't matter to anyone From myself, I just wanted to run. I don't have my own business Or a steady job, or big success. I wasn't popular in my school I was teacher's pet, I wasn't cool. This is what the voices said But my friends made me think instead Of all the people whose lives I touch My students, to whom I matter so much. There are those I've inspired To read, write, one of them has been hired As copywriter thanks to my advice To 'go creative', career-wise. So I've made a difference, I am important And the voices? They're no longer rampant. Thanks to the support of those that care Those voices have disappeared to thin air. I thought that they would never leave That I was doomed, forever, to grieve For my future, my present, for my past But those voices were driven out at last. Do you have voices in your head? Voices, whose mutterings you dread? Don't let them speak, don't let them grow You are a special person, you know! |