Listens

He no longer heard it,

Hiding his ears

Into big bulky headphones,

Inside those headphones,

Music played too loud

Too deaf to take turn the music off,

Too deaf to listen,

Too deaf to hear others,

Too deaf to hear his heart,

Too deaf to even notice what's around him

So deaf that it made him blind

Thinking that music will mute everything else

Thinking it will make things better

Cowardly hiding behind the big bulky headphone

The bulky headphone that are scratched up and old

They were his shield

Shielding his ears everything

Shielding him from other's opinions

At last, a rock was thrown,

Breaking his headphones,

He was able to hear

He heard, he hears, he listens

Hearing splashes of water at the water fountain

Birds sat on the tree branches; chirping

Children laughing while they jump in mud puddles

Laughter, splashes, chirping,

It all touched his heart

Paving a genre of music not in his music

but in the world.