(Written during lockdown)
Mummy can you play with me Just need to brush my teeth Mummy... And so it goes on And the voice in my head says She‘s asking to play, Don’t ignore that invitation And the other voice says Don’t worry about brushing your teeth But the other voice says she can wait, it’s good for her to wait And the other voice says Put yourself first and brush your teeth And the other voice says she can help brush your teeth and do hers at the same time And the other voice says Bollocks to that I just want 2 minutes to brush my teeth alone. And it will be 2 minutes because it’s an electric toothbrush And the other voice says 2 minutes is that all you’re going to give yourself And the other voice says maybe I’ll play first then brush them And the other voice says you’re overthinking just brush your bloody teeth And so it goes on in a split second And that’s only one tiny weeny thing at the beginning of the day And is it bedtime yet? 12 hours to go And many more voices come and go And I’m so lucky to have your voice speaking back at me I just wish sometimes time could pause And I could have a breather From the familiar And travel with my thoughts to wherever they want to go Before they are stopped mid thought so abruptly With a question from you And the voice in my head never goes away And there’s nobody else there to talk to Apart from the voice in my head Am I up to the job of being a solo parent If I am thinking like this Is it normal to be thinking like this I think so says the voice in my head If there was someone else there You would share But there isn’t so you carry on And do the best you can And so it goes on And the clock ticks on Because it can’t stop And so it goes on But one day soon Hopefully we can see family And friends and they can Be that voice that talks back But for now Time goes on the clock ticks on You and me together And we go on And on And on...
little voices 