Fuses

When I was a boy I never could explain How falling lines ignite like fuses in my brain Ticking down the time and burning in my bones Till from the broken rhymes a melody explodes Words are pouring out like lightning through my veins The current draws me in, caught underneath the waves Fill me to the brim I'm sure to overflow And when the levee breaks the flood will take me whole The ringing in my ears will carry me away Trapped inside the sounds that offer no escape