I'll Be Your Muse, You Know You're Already Mine by Nicole Maulella

I lend you my voice to accompany your every word
& give you my heartbeat to keep perfect tempo
for my aching desire to break free.
You bring me closer with every strum of your guitar.
I'll sway along to the rhythm
and be your personal metronome.
Boy, I'm begging you to be the beating in my chest
every time you bang that drum.
If you just keep playing,
I'll give you all of me and more-
just for one chance to feel forever free.
I'm not alone in this ritual.
Crying out every word I know
with countless strangers beside me,
joining in the chant.
I'll barely have a voice in the morning
& I'm sure I'll hardly be able to hear
life's droning worries
because my ears will ring in memory
of your beautifully blaring bass
and that angel voice.
Being your audience is my favorite purpose-
I wish it was my only one.
It's the only thing that makes me feel alive,
the only place I know I belong.
You remind me of why I exist.
I don't think I could do any of this without
you.<3