lost in oblivion

the music stopped —

she can't hear anything

just hushed voices from a distance.

her heart beats frantically.

they're whispers,

she tries to make them out,

but nothing makes much sense.

her heart, 

throbbing harder;

her vision,

spinning uncontrollably.

"stop!"

she can hear herself

screaming at the top of her lungs.

she is lost in the crowd.

where she is,

she can't recall.

darkness envelopes the entire room

and then,

the silence becomes deafening.