Tuning in (Day 1172)

Alone, he watched flickering blue lights,

listened to voices raving and cajoling,

urging him to believe Them, and not 

The Others, raving and cajoling 

on a different channel, and he shuddered

at the horrors the voices invoked, choking 

down his fear, pouring another one to dull 

the incessant ache, never considering 

the voices raving and cajoling inside

his own mind, urging him not to believe 

for the sake of believing, but to tune in, 

instead, to the quietest voice of all.

(c) 2020, by Hannah Six