John D. Casey

WHICH ONE IS ME?

Voices, voices, voices:
Dominant, passive, quiet.

They come at night,
Sometimes by day.
What can I do
To make them go away?

Voices, voices, voices,
Within my head and without.

I talk to them, I listen,
But no way to escape.
Most often while I’m sleeping,
But even when awake.

Voices, voices, voices,
Leaving no way to elude.

Who are these phantoms,
Whose faces I can’t see.
Two males and one female,
When will they let me be?