glint

glint: give out or reflect small flashes of light

when the noise gets too loud
there is a way
a way to let the shrill din seep out
and the calm smooth wave of silence roll in

there is a way
a way that rips apart the thin black felt of the speaker
freeing the stampede of thoughts and emotions trapped inside
a way that lets the musical chaos spill over like a gushing river of crimson red
swiftly oozing out and away to a downhill destination

there is a way
a way for the speaker to be filled back up with fizzy pops and snugly epiphanies
like a gentle vacuum sucking up a rush of endorphins
this way brings instant warmth and ephemeral delight

I sit and watch, high, following this way
the way I've always known
as the blood drips down
ka-plop
onto the glinting, glorious razor

I am fine
I am better
I am alive