Anticipation... 

It haunts the edges of my brain, in the instance between when I press the button, and when the song starts. 

This space is forever my bridge, 

from where I kiss reality goodbye. 

To my own world, I traverse. 

The music flows through my veins 

For those precious few moments, the walls of reality drops. 

Reality is a place defined by rules and roadblocks 

They are a prison with our dreams serving life sentences. 

But when the beat is laid and the music starts,  

The lyrics fly me away to a different place Chains  

I am unshackled 

Pushing further into the stratosphere of my mind. 

A perfect world awaits me 

A new me just on the other side 

I slip away from limitations 

I outfox what if's 

Reality's judgemental glare and admonishments prepared 

But reality can wait just a little more 

And the song ends... 

And I play it again.