Running without ears

I was running down the street when it started to rain 

So I took out my hearing aids. 

The world quieted around me. 

I kept on 

running,  

each foot fall 

thudding through my body. 

The wind 

collided with my earlobes.

The sensation was 

Odd

Something that I am not used to.

At last 

I 

got back to where I started and

put my hearing aids back in.

Sound came rushing back,

Filling my ears.

Normal.

At last.