Music carries her through the day

Life drifts past and she's present half-way

The world moves around her

Her earbuds are the cork

Sealing herself in her mind

And keeping the world out.

Chord by chord, her hearing slowly gets worse

But she doesn't care

The world already slowly breaks her down

One more thing won't hurt.

Music carries her through her work

Motivation is nonexistent without it.

The time flies as she types

When the melodies force her to recommit.

She loves the way the lyrics fill her mind,

Drowning out her thoughts

With someone else's.

Let those words swirl through her brain

If just for a moment of relief,

An escape from herself.

Music is her escape.

Music carries her through the day.

Music replaces the thoughts she won't hear.

Music is what makes her okay.