Previously: Part 3 All chapters Part 4 My heart stopped. Or at the very least it skipped a beat. "You mean..." "They are real, Jack," the father nodded. He placed what was probably supposed to be a comforting hand on my shoulder, but I couldn't feel it. I had gone numb. "And I am sorry… Continue reading Whispers (pt.4)
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Whispers (pt.3)
Previously: Part 2 All chapters Part 3 The cold hit me the second I walked through the doorway. Outside, beneath the summer sun and dressed in the mandatory black attire of funerals, I had been sweltering. Inside, however, it felt like midwinter. I was taken aback as well by the silence. Every minute I had… Continue reading Whispers (pt.3)
Whispers (pt.2)
Previously: Part 1 All chapters Part 2 And then silence. I stood before the church, for the first time in my life, without the whispered voices. And for the first time ever I missed them. I had so many questions now that I had finally been able to understand what they were saying. The storm… Continue reading Whispers (pt.2)
Whispers (pt.1)
Part 1 I had never felt comfortable in a church. Even as a young child I dreaded Sunday mornings and the weekly mass. But as the youngest in an otherwise devout Christian family, not yet ready to be left alone at home for two hours, I had no say in the matter. And so I… Continue reading Whispers (pt.1)
Letting The Voices Out To Play
Sometimes I let the voices Come out to play Listen to what they have to say But if I'm not careful They get a little unruly And get me in trouble For which I have to pay But I can't keep them locked up In my head all day Or they'll drive me insane… Continue reading Letting The Voices Out To Play
Voices In My Head
"Are you listening?" the voices ask I ignore them Try to shut them out Hoping if I don't respond They'll leave me alone And I'll have peace at last But still they talk Ceaseless chatter, always there Am I listening? They don't care On and on these faceless voices drone I miss the silence I… Continue reading Voices In My Head
