Bitter voices- a poem of dealing with your demons

I once chose to be liked,

But only found rejection,

And bitter voices in me

Screamed like wild banshees.

They wailed all my anxieties

And I had nowhere to hide,

I tried to trust in my worth

But their tempest was louder.

I wailed back but no use

For their voices drowned me,

With messages of guilt, pain,

And how we’ll never belong.

Then, I learned a new trick,

To help placate their pains,

I wrote down counter truths

Of the good things I have done.

They still aren’t truly silent now

But I can calm their storms,

For I have found strength inside

Even when it seems I have nothing.