Background noise

Turn off the filter you've established for your ears,
listen to all of the wisdom you've been hearing for years,
tune in to the background noise that is the conversations of your peers,

Gunshots from video games, the dropping sounds of the rain,
the collective chatter from the mix of people,

overloading the signals in your brain,

the clicks of the keyboard, the drunken jargon,

the efforts to decipher the language of the drinks,

listen in to what they speak of, you'll realize the thoughts,

of what the people think of,

Author's Note

rough version