Voices Poem by Jeff Manion

Can you Hear them?
They’re there?
The Voices.

I hear them.
They’re all around.
They speak to me.

Tell me you can hear them.
Tell me they speak to you.
Tell me that I’m sane.

They are persistent.
They demand their due.
They are the Voices.

They



Wheedle Whine whimper

Cry


Cajole Plead

DEMAND!

Insist Tempt

Scream! ! !

Shout! ! !
Preach

Sing Excite Electrify

Terrify

Mortify

Persist.

But Most of all they
Won’t leave me alone


The Voices