Second Voice

There’s a second voice in my head

Doesn’t scream—but it drips like lead

Tells me secrets I didn’t say

Talks like me—but breaks the play

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Glass in the mirror, nothing breaks

But I see cracks when I’m awake

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I’m dancing with my chaos

Lip to lip, it never lies

It feeds me static lullabies

It pulls the wires behind my eyes

And I pretend I’m still the show

But this voice won’t let me go

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Steps don’t echo when I walk

Shadows whisper when I talk

My rhythm’s off, my pitch is bent

My mind feels like a rented tent

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(I’m still here)

(No I’m not)

(I wrote this)

(Did you?)

(Who’s watching now?)

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I’m dancing with my chaos

Let it lead, let it spin

I wear the noise just like a skin

The voice won’t stop—it’s moving in

And maybe I don’t want control—

Not if it means being whole

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I used to sing in light

Now I hum in static

Still music. Still mine.

Still… me.