Noise

Noise

Every night

In my head

Noise

Every day

Swirling

Twirling

Dipping and diving

New lows and new highs

Noise

Everywhere

All the time

When their nagging talking ugh

Gets under my skin

I plug in my earbuds

Crank up the volume

There's soothing comfort

In hearing my artists' voices

Tuning it all out

My handpicked selection

The best of the best

Selected carefully from the radio

Or from a song my friend liked

How Michael Buble instantly puts me to sleep

By the first chord progression

And Maroon 5 is everything from early-morning coffee to lullabies

And some random ones, too

The golden songs of an album

Sometimes I don't like the artist

But I love a specific song

The random compilation

So many playlists

The songs all stack up

And help me when I'm breathless

What would I do

Without their validation

They provide an escape

From the noise.