Me and My Earphones

I plug my ears with earphones

And instantly I am in another planet

The noises of this world vanish that moment

And the people turn into soundless images

of the films of silent era.

Let people around me quarrel

Yelling at their highest pitch

Let  aeroplanes fly over my head roaring

Or let mad  cars screech by grazing

I’ll sway on my seat and move my head with rhythm

So polluted is the air around me

Colored goggles protect my precious eyes

My ears I plug with earphones

To dispel decibels far from my private planet

And stay healthy in ears and eyes all my life

Now, a garlanded picture on the wall I am

Without my earphones, how strange I feel!

All sounds are transformed into severe silence

And noisy people appear less than shadows to my eyes

How this drastic mutation,  I don't comprehend!!!

Xavier Bage

Wed, Oct 25, 2017