The Difference

There are no such things as monsters

not even in my head-

Every voice I hear

and everything they've said

is just

shattered in my head.

And with each new blow

they fragmented

until one became two

and two turned to four

and four turned to sixteen

and they multiply more.

People say they are broken

I would say I am, too.

The dozens of little mindless shards

are like shrapnel

flying for every hit I take.

But all these bits and pieces

are not crazy voices I hear-

They used to be just one.

MY voice, MYself, right here.

11/30/16