This Person Inside Poem by Jennifer Kay

There's this screaming voice inside my head
that tells me to do things i don't want to do
There's this crawling skin underneath my own
that tells me to cut and carve and let it out
There's this person inside me
that is screaming and clawing to break free
There's this part of the old me that is still left
and it tells me i shouldn't listen to this strange person that's in me.

I know i shouldn't listen to the voice
but it's hart to ignore the harsh shreiks
I know i shouldn't give in to the crawling desires
but it's hard to go on when my skin yearns to be opened
I know i should shut the person up, and leave him behind
but its really hard when he's right there, behind my own eyes looking out
I knew i should have listened to the old part of me
but i can't help but give into the sweet nothings as he calls.

I give into the screaming voices
I let them overtake my head in hopes that that will calm them down
I give in to the impulses to open my skin
I cut a little deeper, trying to let my new skin show
I give into the person inside of me
He takes me over, becomes what i am; i am renewed.
I let go of that old part of me
And i am no longer who i used to be

That old person is no longer,
for i've set the other one free.
I've given in.
I've given up.