Voices

Poem number one. When when I was fifteen...

Voices

Voices in my head,
Does anyone even care?
Can anyone even see me?
Would they notice if I was not there?

Communication complicated,
All I see is red.
Can't stay awake much longer.
Must put me to bed.

So cold I cannot stand it
So dark I cannot see
I can't hear my own thoughts--
Everyone, JUST LET ME BE!!!

I feel like I'm alone now,
In a world that I don't understand.
Trapped in a cold, dark box.
Buried under land.

Voices in my head,
Does anyone even care?
Can anyone even see me?
Would they notice if I was not there?

Voices speak to me in unison,
Words that I don't know.
The languages are different,
Spoken through the shapes of crows.

Spoken feelings I can't show.
Hidden words left deep inside me.
Trying to get out of this box,
But I can't seem to find the key.

Voices in my head,
Does anyone even care?
Can anyone even see me?
Would they notice if I was not there?

Heather L Saville
September 25, 2003