I try to quiet these whirlwind
Thoughts of you that forever spin
Trapped in my mind engulfing the rest
Overwhelming all thoughts of before we met
These gale-force winds that ******* away
Into another world where together we lay
Silence!
I must think of other things I think
Yet I get swept away with every physical link
That hat, that stare, those shoes I see
Having me blown back into my fantasy
Pipe down I say, but they never do
These thundering utterly encompasing thoughts of you

Like the dying leaves, these burdens fall to the ground
Bright golden fire raining down
Drifting through the wind
Soon to be buried by the all encompasing snow
Erasing away what lies beneath it

Spring is to come
A clean slate
A new beginning
There is hope that this cycle will be over
But it could never last

Like the seasons, I am forever changing
I accept sin and seek forgiveness
I grow like the tall oaks
Starting over when given the chance
But holding tight to the roots that have kept me here, grounded.

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