Music
inspired by "The Sacred" by Stephen Dunn
She sat alone in her room,
Late at night
Listening to the old music,
The kind that her parents liked.
Classic rock, 80’s metal
The kind that’s so loud and heavy
That it could take away all of your problems
With its volume.
She liked it louder and heavier
Blasting through her earbuds
Into her ears
At 160 to 200 beats per minute.
It gave her a sense of relief
Knowing she wasn’t alone
That these rockstars, who she never even met,
Had been through this too.
So she sat quietly in her room,
Blaring the music louder and louder until she disappeared.
written as a homework assignment for English class... we had to grade it ourselves (it honestly deserved a 15/15)
