Can You Hear Them Too?
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Felicity Best, Grade 10
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Poetry
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2016
I hear voices
Whispering in my head
Telling me I will never be as pretty as her
I hear voices
Muttering in my head
Informing me of how my family can never be proud
I hear voices
Talking in my head
About how much my friends hate me
I hear voices
Singing in my head
Like a broke record, slowly dragging me away from reality
I hear voices
Screaming in my head
That I should jump, jump, JUMP!