severing tranquility in one swoop
removing all peace
implanting a single, sniveling sensation:
pain
tendrils coursing, pulsing
undulating like torrential waves
they're so known and usual around here
they know where the they belong
take refuge among the refuse  
make a home of my hell
establish themselves as authorities
trapped, enclosed within an ever
expanding mind
it hurts us both to be so
yet life must go on, even if
my dreams discover footholds
that's right, play your rhythm
pick up my instrumental head
and play those heinous notes
until my visage feels it too
the noise remains stuck
no one will hear their
head-aching concert
all except me