The music surrounds me
Encasing me in a bubble
One I willingly reside in
Separating me from the rest of the world

Songs, endlessly playing
One thing that can never be taken away from me
Some with words I understand
Some with words I don't understand
Some with no words at all

The music burns through my ears,
Sears into my brain,
The wonderful, maddening, numbing, indulgent, all-encompasing, balancing, chilling, warming, confusing, clarifying, emptying, filling
FIRE
A fire that consumes me
A fire that I submit to
And a pyre I walk onto willingly