Noise

The noise
The noise is so painful
Like a second degree burn
And it's so loud
That even my hands
Can't drown it out

Can't you just make it stop
Make it go away
Make it stop pounding
Stop pushing into my ears
Forcing its words
Its chaotic words into my ears
Making my mind
And my thoughts a mess
Like hurricane
Destroying a town
And it's hard
to clean everything up

It's the noise
Just make it stop
Make the chaos stop!
So that it's quiet
Peaceful
Making the world look like
Time has stopped
Has stopped
And then
I can finally relax
Relax and think

I can finally
Finally hear
The birds
The wind
Rustling the leaves
The breeze
Lazily
Blowing through
The green green grass

And then
But then
I hear
Cars
Buses
People yelling
Planes flying
And it all
Is hurtling back towards me
Hitting me hard
Like getting the wind knocked out of you
And it all
Starts over again
And again
Until
I finally cave in
And I am part of the noise
As well

All I wanted
All I needed
Was
For it
All
To
Just
Stop

Because
I don't want
To become invisible