All Else Fades Away

Life's demands rush past me

I twist and turn with their fruitless blows

Eyes open ears full

Slowly I tread to my car in hopes of something

Something more

Days pass as time rolls off my wristwatch in a fast forward flow

Alarms and signs dictate my movements and position

Step forward, now back

Life takes and takes

We consume and consume

No real purpose

Sounds of freedom leak through my bag

A hidden compartment reveals a cord

Notes free flow through space

Begging me to float with them

Freedom entices me ear by ear

Until alas.... air screams in a final attempt

Eyes closed ears covered