Voice
Poem by Zion Loo
“I am here for you
I can guide you, you can trust me.
Look around you, see you need me.
You can’t go through this on your own.
You know without me you’re alone
I am here for you.
Don’t go outside, they’ll laugh at you.
They’ll call you names or stare at you.
Your poem is sloppy
Rewrite it, it’s ugly
Please listen to me, honey
I am here for you.
Don’t smile like that
You look too cocky.
Don’t write it like that
See now it won’t rhyme.
Oh how can I tell you, oh how can I show you that
Always, dear, honey,
I am here for you.
Oh, please don’t reject me.
I want to protect you.
Oh, please don’t neglect me…
I want to direct you.”
Mindless mangled misconceptions
Spinning in my head
Suggesting never speaking up
And staying mute instead.
In times of panic, I might just consider what it said
And it’s saying and saying it and saying it again
Though it never goes away
I will always try to say
That I’ll never ever let it take control of me again.