Desert Dweller

-thoughts on life, death and gardening.

Eavesdropping


who are they,
and where do they come from,
those voices inside my head?

eavesdropping,
i hear thoughts unbidden,
sometimes sweet harmonies of angels,
others raucous, raunchy songs of of demons.

eavesdropping,
soft voices reciting free verse,
controlled voices recounting stories of imagination,
dreamy voices narrating streams of consciousness.

eavesdropping,
voices clear and hectoring,
sometimes nurturing , often mulishly contentious
eliciting no secrets, only indiscretions.
never sharing facts, only expressing opinions.

am i encountering meanderings of a troubled mind
or acquiring ideas from goddesses of inspiration?

am i attending
to my own voice or god’s?
are they the same?

© 2025 Bruno Talerico
Stafford challenge 179/365

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