Voice Within

Within you, a voice you keep,
From inside, hear it speak,
Hark! Now, carefully listen,
Hear it breathe, from within.

It’s within you; it’s not a noise,
It’s a low wisher, a slow voice,
It’s young and pleading, please listen,
To the voice, that speaks from within.

The voice is low, but lacks not substance,
It speaks wisdom of ages, of knowledge, intense,
Shhh!, the words are not uttered from afar,
You can hear it, it is now so near.

Did you think you could erase?
Now the clever voice says,
It’s the voice from within,
The one that lingers, unseen.

It has no shape, no structure,
It has no frame, it is not a creature,
It is only a voice, so friendless,
It is only a voice, so helpless…

It is so weak now, shaking,
It is so hurt now, fumbling,
It knows only words, through them, it speaks,
The one, that is animate, within…

Voice, in you, is locked,
Voice in your throat, is trapped,
It is of another, yet the same,
It’s not yours, and yours to claim.

It’s the voice, invisible, before unheard,
It’s the voice, that message conveys,
It’s a subtle voice, please I prithee, listen,
A sorry bespeaks the voice, from within.

The voice speaks, only one word,
Again and again, it repeats what it said,
Catch it, from the voice, snatch it away,
Accept it’s sorry, and the guilt, slay…

Please.

11:02 pm, 4th January, 2010.