Perspectives
one voice is
masculine and deep,
telling me to
keep my mouth shut
the one who
battles him
is a free spirited
feminine,
telling me
I must use
my voice
and stand up
two of them sound like
innocent children
needing to
fall asleep
because it’s past
their bedtime,
but how could
they sleep when
their imagination
wraps storybooks
together in
perfect rhyme
one of them is
a barking dog,
calling out from
the backyard
wondering if
there’s another
kind like him
on the other side
he lays by the
fence all day long,
whimpering from
his cage labeled “Clyde”
there’s a
teenage girl,
confused about
who she is,
she takes
advice from
an online
personality quiz
there’s an elder man,
wise and concise,
he’d tell you
to think fast,
but always
think twice
there’s one who
regrets everything,
and the one who
wouldn’t change anything
these voices
are your
changes in
perspective,
they make up who
you are as a collective,
some of these voices
can be rather bizarre,
but listen to
them all,
they each have
their own memoir
- Leah Rae