I Hear a Voice Inside My Head

I hear a voice inside my head.
He tells me that I’ll soon be dead.
“You said that to me once before.
As then, I’ll answer you once more!”

He shrieks at me and makes a clatter
’til him with Q-tip I do splatter.
Now once more my head is quiet.
From tiny ear invader’s riot.

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I’m not making light of actually having this type of mental health problem. I’m also not encouraging anyone to put Q-tips in their ears (which is potentially dangerous.) Further, I do not condone murdering any teeny tiny doomsayers with Q-tips, whether said doomsayer is inside your ear or not.

I have always enjoyed reading “madness” when written well. One thing that I think is important to doing it well is that the thing which seems crazy to the reader, or to sane characters in the narrative, needs to make a certain kind of sense from the perspective of the insane character. The Reader should know why the crazy character is operating outside of reality, but also why he/she is misinterpreting events.