Voice Within

• Hithyshini Prasad, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2017

Why do you strain me?
O, troublesome conscience
Latching, till I succumb
Listening to unearthly nonsense

Why do you hurt me?
O, superficial voice
Prejudging by allurement
Rather than giving me choice

Why can’t I?
O! restraining utterance
Failing me before I even begin
Never showing reverence

Why do you desert me?
Ironically, I say this
O, ever-present being
Leave me, I enjoy bliss