an echo shifts inside of me
a quiet scream from some place deep
a tiny voice only i can hear
full of pain and drenched with fear

a whisper starts to gain some strength
to bounce around inside my brain
a nagging voice that wont be denied
an echo shifts from inside

across my mind the echo spreads
filling me with frightening dread
deep inside the echo shifts
into my ears the echo drifts

i look around and what i see
as the echo shifts inside of me
only i can hear this sound
that grows in me and moves around

hard to think no one else can hear
the voice i hear so loud and clear
the echo that shifts around in me
has turned into a deafening scream

my efforts to destract myself
from myself didnt help
now im stuck with thoughts i think
and a shifting echo inside of me