Silence

Background noise is ever present

Loud, annoying and mostly unpleasant

Why won't it ever fade away

Let only the silence stay

The music and talking finally quiet

But then your thoughts start to riot

Why won't the world just hush

Why must all the noises rush

Into your ear into your head

Why can't they see the tears you shed

Why can't they leave you alone

Why can't it all be still as stone

Perhaps it's as I fear

Perhaps I shall be doomed to hear

The background noises in my head

Silence: given only to the dead