CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Sitting alone in my own despair
Just off in the distance ringing I hear
That familiar sound of my phone's ringtone
And on the screen is ‘Caller unknown’
Do I answer this, should I pick up the phone?
Of course, it's private, just my luck
So, on a whim I answer the call
It wasn't what I was expecting at all
“Hello?” I ask, but I don't hear a thing
So I try once more, say, “Hello?” again
The caller responds with the very same words
But I'm not sure who it is I heard
I swear that voice sounds just like mine
“Hello?” I ask, just one more time
Sure as ever it responds once more
Speaking more desperately than before
“Hello, please help!” it says to me
“I'm stuck here, please set me free”
Confused and alarmed, not sure what to do
Am I losing the plot? I can't be you
“Who are you?” I ask, heart pounding fast
The voice replies, “You, confined in the past”
No way could that be, insanity at best
Surely it's a joke, someone calling in jest
“It's not funny, what do you want?!”
I suddenly feel like prey in the hunt
“Set me free, unlock this hell,
Stuck in this form, I'm merely a shell,
The thoughts that you have, that cloud your head
Become a reality for me, instead. I have to live
Here while you roam free, I hear it all
Because you are me”
How could this be? There's simply no way
How could I face this, what do I say?
When did my mind get a mind of its own!?
How am I talking to me on the phone!?
The one on the phone continues to plead
Deep down I already know what I need
It dawned on me as I listened some more
That my negative thoughts are at the core
I'll set me free from constraints I've placed
Stop thinking non-stop of the traumas I've faced
I'm torturing me who is on the line
That me is me
Their pain is mine