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Ochanya James
Student. @ Prince Abubakar Audu University
Student. @ Prince Abubakar Audu University
Voice
<p>I've been running...</p><p>Running from a demon, its face I cannot tell, </p><p>For it uses it voice to shred my soul apart</p><p>The claws of its voice rips me away from my family, slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Whenever I try to break free, </p><p>It clenches its teeth deep into my soul.</p><p>Whenever I try to make friends,</p><p> It reminds me of how damaged I am.</p><p><br/></p><p>I've been running...</p><p><br/></p><p>From a voice that is so still, yet as loud as noise.</p><p>It makes me isolate myself from the world.</p><p><br/></p><p>It tells me, "you are nothing but a piece of flaws-</p><p>Ugly, talentless and useless".</p><p>It tells me "you're not normal".</p><p>For no normal person hallucinates.</p><p>No normal person hears voices which aren't real, yet aren't fake either.</p><p>The voice is loud, it drains my soul </p><p><br/></p><p>I've been running from a demon- </p><p>and it's a voice.</p><p>The voice lives in me</p><p>And the voice ... is me </p><p>But can I run away from me?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p> - James Ochanya.</p>
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