Voices

Brittle and dried up like leaves
Or crackling like a fire
Or sweet and high like a bluebird
Perched on a towering spire
Low and smooth like the notes
On cello or on bass
Light and airy floating by
A stream of verbal lace
Monotone, mechanical
Like metal or a drone
Quiet and forgettable
A murmured, mundane tone
Obnoxious and pompous
Like a peacock put to speech
Annoying and redundant
Sapping calmness like a leech
Trembling and stammering
Afraid to make a sound
Quiet yet determined
Like a prince that's to be crowned