Screams
Every night, it’s hard to sleep when I can’t close my eyes,
The voices in my head scream.
They want to be noticed, and it just hurts more and more,
It’s a nightmare, not a dream.
You wonder why I stay awake every night,
The screams won’t give me a break.
I just want to be left alone for once, to be alone,
For everyone’s sake.
The voices of the past continue to yell at me,
No matter where I go.
I can’t escape them, they’ll continue to follow,
And no one will know.
They laugh and shout at me when I do something,
And I get no peace when they do.
It’s not me when I do something rash,
These things always start anew.
I walk around with the weight of these voices on my shoulders,
It seems I’ll never be free from them.
I feel like a mouse in a cat’s paws, hanging around just waiting,
It’s me they condemn.
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