I guess you were showing me I have choices To manipulate those inner voices The liars in me that deceived Their fictions I had hitherto believed Those voices took a while to surmount Of the tortured days I lost my count Repeating threats and mocking me They taunted me most horribly But sometimes they soothed my head with music Imploring me to wisely use it Giving me words and rhymes and ideas Quelling all my awful fears Knowing that they can be seduced My voices I cleverly reduced To my handy, willing apprentices Even though Iām still cognis mentis The obstacle remover gave me a chance To improve my life and to enhance My experience of the world as a whole Iām so glad she touched my soul