Out of my head

Can you hear it?
The whispers?
All at once silent and loud.
Needling little voices. attacking at the very heart of my mind.
My closest friends.
My greatest enemies.
You can’t hear them?
They’re shouting!!!!
Voices that come from practically everywhere.
“Go ahead”.
“You know you want to”.
“Do it”!
“No one will ever know”.
I hear them all, pressing on my mind, like an iron weight.
With consternation, I move forward.
What is this force that drives me?
What power is this, that crushes my will, and smothers protest?
I am lost to it, like a rudderless ship at sea.
Onward they push me, their words now forefront in my mind.
“Shhh, its almost time”.
“Yes!!! Yes!!! This will be grand”!
“Closer!! We must get closer”!!
With deepening dread, I now see the scope of their plan.
I attempt to pull away, with all that I have, but it is far too late.
My body has betrayed me, slave to the voices and that shadowy thing that lurks inside.
“No, this is what you want, don’t fight it”.
“We want it, We must have it, We WILL have it”
“So close, I can feel it, taste it, YES!”
I thrash and fight, trying to force the voices out, my voice, my mind, as the world fades to black, but somehow, I know, this time, it just isn’t enough.