Emptying

I can feel this new-found happiness sliding away again. There's nothing for me to do in this situation... either option I choose, I will still end up depressed. I am the only one that can hear, but at the same time, I'm still affected. If I shut everything off, well... then I've still lost. There's nothing I can do, and it took this long for me to figure that out.

There's nothing I can do. Which fire burns less, and less permanently?