The voices in my head

Won’t tell me what I need to hear

They’ll lie to me instead

Making me live in fear

They tell me that I can’t

That if I try I will fail

They hurt me, they’re blunt

Making my confidence so frail.

Why are they so mean?

Why do they make me feel bad?

I wish I was more sanguine

But I’m always scared and sad.

Are they even real?

Maybe they are my own voice

Feeding myself a venomous meal

And believing I have no choice.

What can I do to be confident

Despite what these voices say?

They can be so loud and strident

I find myself in pain and dismay.