Haunting whispers

by robin milford   Mar 19, 2008


When I am alone, a whisper comes to me
Seemingly out of thin air.
The things that sweet voice says are awful.
She tells me to do bad things.
I wish I could make those whispers disappear.
I wish I knew who those haunting whispers belonged to,
that sweet voice.
The doctors say, "She isn't real."
She says I should kill them for doubting her.
They give me medicine.
She laughs and pretends to disappear
but she is just hiding.
Just like She does
when someone comes in the room.
I just want to know who she is.
I am in my bathroom
about to take my medicine
and I hear her again.
I turn toward her voice
and I see her this time.
She tells me to dump the medicine
down the sink.
I say, "If I don't what will happen."
She says, "You'll lose me forever"
and turns to leave.
I hurriedly dump all them and scream,
"Don't leave Mother."

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  • 16 years ago

    by Jim McMillen the man within

    I think i would lock the door at night and leave the light on

  • 16 years ago

    by BlueEyedMystery

    Wow. That was creepy. Especially the end when you find out that the voice was your mother. I can sort of relate to this, because I've heard voices whispering in my mind, but I think it was my own voice talking to me if that makes sense. It's really a great story, but I don't see how it's a poem. There really wasn't any kind of flow.

    So I guess I did like it, but I would have liked to see more flow. Maybe break it down into stanzas.

    Great ending. It's still sending chills down my spine.

    Keep writing!
    Cayce

  • 16 years ago

    by Jennifer RIP Lesthat Hayden

    I wish I knew who those haunting whispers belonged to,
    that sweet voice.

    I don't think there needs to be a comma there. All commas do is to create a pause and this one makes the line confusing.

    There are a few places where I think there should be a comma.

    She laughs and pretends to disappear
    but she is just hiding.

    There should be a comma before but.

    I am in my bathroom
    about to take my medicine
    and I hear her again.

    I think it there should be a comma before about and after medicine.

    Other than that it looks pretty good. Sorry if some of the commas you got rid of were already there, but there were some there before that weren't needed. Part of it, is the way you space your words out. Like, when I start reading the next line and it's the end of a sentence, in that brief moment when I'm getting down the next line, there is a pause, making it seem like there should be a comma.

  • 16 years ago

    by Jennifer RIP Lesthat Hayden

    Sixth line, you mean belonged to. Not belong to. This is because the other words you used were past tense.

    The only other edit I have is maybe use less commas and more periods. You have commas in some places where they're not really needed.

    Wow that ending was spectacular. It was a great poem. It kept me on my feet thinking about what will happen. It was a GREAT twist. I almost thought OCD or schizophrenia. This poem gets a five for sure. I may even add it to my favorites which is saying something considering I don't have any favorites on this site.

  • 16 years ago

    by Love vs Fate

    O.O robin, i'm loving this poem.
    when i was reading it, it kept my attention.
    keeping someone's attention is always a good thing. You did great in this poem. No errors that i could see, the way you painted this picture for your viewers to see was just a work of art. you did a spectacular job!