"Free at Last"

free verse
it really does it
I'm free at last
a few weeks ago
I wrote "The Voice"
I talked about how
it chatters constantly
in my head all day long
and keeps me awake
when I try to sleep
I don't know where
all the words came from
or how they formed the lines
like they did
but several lines
stayed with me
the voice doesn't know
how to be happy
or how to make happiness
here is what I learned
the voice in my head has changed
my writing about it
was what it took to satisfy it
and put it to rest
there is now a quiet white sand
turquoise colored lake
of peace and quiet
in my contented mind
what it told me is
I have moved on
my mind now plays
in the crystal clear water
of happiness
free at last