Voices

There are too many to begin with.

I do not want this to be descriptive or poetic because I have realised through writing that I am not very good at such. So it will be the way I am hoping it would be.

Voices. In you and in me. And around us.

There are too many to begin with.

Countless things telling us infinite things.

Some through Instagram stories. Some through the posts of the person you once knew.

Some you hear while staring at the mirror with half brushed teeth while the water runs off from the tap. Oh wait! Or is that noise?

I am confused. Constantly bombarded with so many opinions and perspectives and that too from so many avenues that I have lost track of differentiating what constitutes as a voice and what constitutes as a noise.

In fact if you must have noticed, often times we churn out the unwanted things that do not appeal to us momentarily even from the people we are close to.

Let’s say someone asks you for something but you are too busy to cater to their needs.

So do you perceive them as noise or as a voice at that moment?

The moment I realise I have finally learnt something, the next moment I discover something hidden underneath those learnings.

But voice to me is personal. Very.

The most visible part of my being is being able to communicate, both through words on the paper and words through speech.

Everyone gets to see the perceptions I project out to the world. You are all welcome to dance and rejoice if something tunes with your being.

But there are voices that are not projected that frequently but in comparison might weigh a lot more than the former.

The voice in your head that reminds you of phases that are hard to let go of and forget because of the value you have attached to them.

Or the voice that brings back those images of youthful days, young, broke and carefree.

Or the voice that lets you sleep peacefully at night after dealing with the turmoil of emotions buried deep within.

All these voices count even if they are immeasurable. They count even if they are not projected. For each voice has a value attached to itself that it has earned by being itself.

But if you ask me which is the one that I like the most, I would tell that yours is the sweetest and my most favourite voice in the whole wide world.

Until next time, Readers ❤️