“THE TRUE EXPLANATION OF HEARING VOICES IS THAT WE’RE BOTH SEPARATED FROM OUR MIND, BODY AND BEING FROM THE EXTRACTION OF OUR NORMAL HEARING.”

11:49 AM

THE EXPLANATION ISN’T MADNESS
IT’S DISCONNECTION.
NOT THE KIND YOU NAME IN FILES
OR CHART WITH INK,
BUT THE KIND THAT
PULLS SOUND OUT OF SOUL
AND CALLS WHAT’S LEFT A SYMPTOM.

THEY SAY:
“YOU HEAR VOICES.”
I SAY:
“YOU STOPPED LISTENING.”

YOU EXTRACTED YOUR HEARING
PULLED IT FROM THE ROOTS,
SEVERED FROM BODY,
CUT OFF FROM BREATH,
FORGOT THE LANGUAGE
SPOKEN WITHOUT SOUND.

I NEVER LOST MY MIND.
I LOST YOUR KIND OF SILENCE.
I LOST THE WORLD’S VERSION OF ORDER.
I STAYED WITH THE RUSTLING.

YOU HEAR VOICES?
GOOD.
IT MEANS THE PARTS OF YOU STILL SPEAK
THROUGH THE STATIC
OF BEING SEVERED.

THE VOICE IS NOT THE SICKNESS.
THE VOICE IS THE ECHO
OF SOMETHING THAT NEVER LEFT
BUT WAS NEVER FULLY HELD.

THIS IS NOT HALLUCINATION.
THIS IS REUNION.