[the voiceless]
For years
I ran from my mistakes;
Their piercing eyes
are something I can't ever seem to flee.

If I break
The wicked show their face,
Persuaded by
The deep, grotesque disgust of what they see.

Growing weaker every day,
Feeling heart and soul decay-
If I'm not alone, then why am I afraid?
If I'm suffering inside,
Do I wait 'til it subsides?
Do I keep it to myself and disappear?
The sorrow shows,
And now it knows
That I'm still here.

[the other voice]
SHUT UP.
I'm done with hearing you.
This is all you do-
Complain and bitch and whine about yourself.

(This is NOT your business-)

STOP TALKING.
Don't you DARE say any more.
Just look at you-
The harsh advice of those who love you rots within this hell.
(The harsh advice I'm given rots within this hell...)

Growing spineless day by day,
Watching as your mind decays-
You say that you'll keep moving on, but you're afraid.
(How can I move on if you won't go away?)
I'm the pain within your head,
And without me, you'd be dead.
(Even with you, I would be dead.)
I'M THE REASON WHY YOU'LL NEVER DISAPPEAR.
(You're the reason why I want to disappear.)
Don't walk away- You're who's to blame
If I'M still here.

Was this all that you thought it could be?
Years of mending, but not much to see-
Aren't you scared that you can't feel a thing?
God, your empty gaze is sickening...
You can try to reject it,
But it builds up and eats you inside
You should learn to respect it;
This hostility is unjustified
So just try and correct it,
But my contempt for you will not be denied

Just think for once-

Why else would you be acting this way?
We are the many faces you have betrayed.

You'll never keep us out for long.
If inner peace is what you find,
Give us your spirit-
We'll tear it out of you and make the guilt unwind.
You'll never make the shouting stop,
Or numb the stigma from your mind.
Prepare yourself for what's to come;
See all the damage you've left behind.

Embrace your damned incompetence or die.

[The Voiceless]
Have you noticed that I've tried
Coping with the sins that hide?!
Have you forgotten that I've done this all before?!
(Let your problems out, or you'll never endure!)
Every time you come and go,
I get weaker as you grow.
(See the childish tears that you show?!)
Even if I'm safe for now, you'll stoke the fear-
(You just want someone to blame for what you fear!)
You'll push my lunacy to something more severe!
(Soon, you will embrace the truth that brought you here:)
The shattered mind,
(You're a waste of a life worth living-)
Scattered and swirled,
(Nothing more than a faded scream.)
Says "I am fine",
(This conclusion you make is unforgiving.)
But to the world
(Hide in the loss of your self-esteem and burn.)
I'm dead inside
And terrified

that i'm still here