Tawona Mzila Ranganawa Poet Dramatic Monologue

Voices In My Head

Voices in my head

I hear them;
Like I used to when I was young. 
Fought so hard to switch them off
Now!
i am getting older they are coming back like whispers.

These voices tell me what to write. 
I wish I had some choice.
I hear them.
I want them to stop!

My friends call it a gift
O I wish they knew that i hear voices in my head. 
These voices tell me what to write
Sometimes i fight not to write 

For more than 13 years i waged war against these voices. 
I said no more to them, before people mistaken it for lunacy
I hear them 

Slowly they are becoming part of me, because never will i allow them to take hold of me or to steal away my sanity that I won’t stand for. 

I hear them, 
telling me what to write
Stop! Somebody pray for me 
These voices are tickling my brain 

I want to scratch them off
How do i do that without losing myself 
These voices are slowly becoming part of me
I hear voices in my head. 
They are telling me to write

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Tawona Mzila Ranganawa

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