Benjamin Bartley Poet Free verse

Impersonating God

There's a hand inside my skull
Manipulating my mouth
Putting words there without my consent
Like I'm some kind of dummy
Who has no thoughts of my own
Moving my glassy eyes back and forth
"I see you!" I want to scream
But my puppeteer will have nothing of it
And continues with his 
Rhetoric of insanity

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Ink Empress February 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM What a thought provoking and soulful poem that youve written from a very sincere place i can tell. I love the wordplay, however i might have to read it one more time to grasp the inner depth of this very well articulated poem! Pleasure visiting you today. Sending you light always