I Hear Another Voice.
Location
There we are
Like any other day
Another sea of faces
bodies
beating hearts
a large,living mass
I keep my voice buried
Like a grave in my throat
I open my mouth
Words that have meaning and ideas
I can feel them slipping off my tongue
But there's an invisible wall
A fence
A barrier
The voice in the back of my head
sometimes it whispers
sometimes it screams
"You aren't original"
"Why would anyone think that's a good idea?"
"You. Aren't. Good. Enough."
I fight to break the barrier
peel off the mask
It fights back
It doesn't hesistate to try to break me down
It works as a cloak
hiding what I want to share
One day
One day I will win
I will show my ideas
my thoughts
my dreams
without fear
without being silenced
I will speak out behind the mask