Ear Plugs

I close my eyes in the darkness and let the compressed foam unfurl, filling up the canal until there is no room left to expand. I absorb myself in the ringing in my ears, letting my eyes roll back in the silence. The ringing subsides to the muffled noises of those I am trying to block out. I hear stifled blurbs but they mean nothing to me now. They are not even English anymore... and I drift...