Voice Within

Beware the voice within
Its evil tone of discontent.
Ignore the things it says
Don’t pay no mind to what it meant.

Think thoughts of love and joy
Rejoice within your own contentment.
If life doesn't go your way
It may only need a slight amendment.

When the goals you've set are high
It doesn't mean they are out of reach.
Heed the knowledge given
Educate yourself from those who teach.

The road you seek to follow
Is along the path that you have set.
You laid your own foundations
Now your expectations must be met.

If you wish to be successful
And your aim in life is to win.
Think positive thoughts and always
Beware of the voice within.

The immortal features that never age
Are the visions of someone you knew
No matter their real age when they died
They'll be the age whence they last saw you.

You do not update, from the past to now
Unless a recent photo you did see
But even then, you'll still recollect
Just how they used to be.

For the glorious dead do not grow old
I’ve often heard that said
Their portrait displayed forever
In that gallery inside your head.

For them, in your personal eulogy
Be it written, spoken or sung
We will recall and sadly tell all
That alas, they died too young.

I am lost in plain sight
Hidden in full view
Without rhyme or reason
And there is nothing I can do.

Some call it anxiety
Others say depression
A few say your faking it
Just to make an impression

But your head tells you one thing
And your heart says another
This circle makes you dizzy
From which, you can’t recover

I so want to hide away
But try as I might
I’m on show for all to see
Yet lost in plain sight.

Without any light, I could not see
Just darkness, lay in front of me
The only sound, was my own heartbeat
My sense of smell seemed obsolete
Frozen in fear, I could not run
Or even return from whence I'd come
How I got here, I cannot recollect
My memory now seems circumspect
Unwilling it seems, to try and recall
The reason why, I am here at all
I’m at the point of giving up
With nothing left in my life's cup
A cup than once did overflow
With love and kindness for folks I know
But now alone, without any hope
No reason to live, no means to cope
I surrender my soul to this dark abyss
Not thinking of the things I'd miss
And as I’m drowning in this dark black lake
I feel a hand shaking me awake
My presence here is still required
Although, I feel so lost and tired
Your life may not be, what it seems
So, dream yourself, a different dream