The red earphones

Melodies fill my head 
like rain seeping into
the earth,
giving life to
all that can live.
Harmonies 
of ignored pains,
of forgotten tales, 
of unconfined happiness,
of lost love,
carried to me
by these 
simple, red earphones. 
These earphones which
are always there,
waiting their turn 
to help me escape
the clamour
of my world,
like a daydream
that carries me
away in its 
promise of the 
improbable. 
They fill my head 
with the sounds 
of a world
I have yet to see,
with only
two thin, red wires. 
On these wires 
my favourite voices travel,
like reckless adventurers 
walking a tightrope,
and reach the buds
tucked into the
crevices of my ears,
triumphant,
glinting with their 
effort to carry 
me a little closer to 
my longings,
to the music of 
the life I wish to live.