The Voice Inside

Think slowly to yourself while you read this

It says what it wants me to say
    It tells me what it wants me to think
It says what it wants me to do
    It tells me the secrets I don’t want to know

I try not to listen to it
    But the voice is strong and does not give up easily
I try to do other things
    But the voice is persistent in its taunting

It pushes harder and harder
    But I am also strong, stronger than the voice.
It pushes me over the edge
    But I make it through without a scratch

I become stronger
    It becomes stronger with me
I tell it to leave me alone
    It tells me to leave it alone

It slowly fades away
    I do not feel the persistence anymore
But I feel empty
    It took a piece of me along with it 

Author's Note

The voice? Do you know what it is? =]