Get Me Off This Monkey's Back

What can I say?

 

Sometime I must question

the voices in my head;

wondering if it is my faith

or pain talking.

For they are twins

therefore they sound the same.

Tones…

I listen for answers

in the tone,

but wonder if it is not being distorted

by my peripheral vision.

Night…

So I look to the night

when my vision is limited,

but am I being deceived

by the fear of the relentless silence.

I feel like the monkey

is trying to get me

off its back.

For…

I hear no evil,

so I can’t answer the call.

I see no evil,

that way it doesn’t exist.

I speak no evil,

nor do I speak up against it.

 

 

Reviews

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Yes, this is definitely brilliant.

[Kenneth The Poet]

This is brilliant.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Wow! a very powerful write that expresses someone in a low place wondering with direction to follow or voice to listen to, nicely done!