one screams into
the void
yet all one
can hear in
return are
the screams
of others

others
who make up
the world
others
who fulfill
the fullness of
reality

their screams
are so pungent
and loud
For their screams
are of great  
persuasion

this is a
persuasion
fuelled  by
pressure

a common  
pressure
asserted
by the  
screams
the screams
of others

but one asks
what is this  
pressure

please listen  
to my words

ones life
is a dictated
sequence

a pattern
of sorts

a pattern  
pre-determined
by the
screams
the screams  
of others

who scream  
and scream

who tell you
what to want
what to do
what to love
what to believe

somewhere
deep in the  
void one must
search for  
the sound
the sound  
of  
one’s self