Silence kills me Noise disturbs me Music completes me
I sit in my room alone Not a whisper to be heard The demons in the back of my head try to cling to my stray thoughts So they can be lifted from the depths of my subconscious The demons who criticize me and tease me and make fun of me They almost make it
Suddenly, a *BANG* I twitch and my heart skips I look around to see a box on the floor, on its side I must’ve put it too close to the edge of the table My heart calms a little but my demons had vaulted to the forefront of my brain Because the box had disturbed my train of thought
I switched on my music before a voice could even utter a word The soft melodies washed over me effectively silencing my demons The bass beat them back, sending them back to their depths The music had shut them out I can hear them curse at me—from a distance— for sending them back But the soft undertones and lilting overtones of the songs keep me from dwelling on them
My mind is at ease, and my demons have gone to bed Relief washes over me as I stand, closing my laptop I leave my room, bumping into my friend She asks if I’d want to “Ya’know, go for lunch?” With my demons asleep I nod, and smile And say yes Keeping them locked up for another day.