In the night, I lie still.
Until the time when it arrives.
The pain, the terror, that NOISE.

I had hoped this time wouldn’t come.
I had prayed it would never arrive.
But of course it did. Just like it always does.

Stop, I say, but it doesn’t.
Please, I add, but it mocks me,
Getting louder and louder with time.

It plays on.
Continuous noise.
Continuous frustration.

The burn of the sun,
The pain of a broken heart,
Nothing hurts more than this.

It has to end.
I can’t deal with it  anymore,
So it must be faced.

The pain.
The terror.
That noise.

Beep.
BEEP.
Click.

Silence. Music to my ears.