What's That Noise?

Tinnitis, but only in one ear

What's that noise I think I hear?

It's constant buzzing in one ear

It's always there

I'm never free

It seems a cricket

Lives in me

I used to think that I could hear

Some distant broadcast in one ear

I'd lie in bed

And concentrate

Not comprehend

What is my fate

I long for silence, peaceful rest

And settle now for what seems best

Some music played

Familiar strains

Like pleasant sounds

of Nature's rains

Those noises in my head are real

They stay no matter how I feel

Adjust I must

Or so I'm told

A price I pay

For growing old