I Hear All

Summary

Explore the impact of noise, conflict, and perception in “I Hear All”—a poetic reflection on modern disturbances and the longing for inner peace.

I hear all the arguments. I wonder if it is all the poisons in the foods that we eat. Is it the water and other liquids that we drink? It’s the air that we breathe that is causing this? Are artificial signals like WIFI and microwave constantly altering the natural signals our brains produce? Are these alterations producing such contentions?

Such quarrels and disputes have various causes. It is annoying to hear what sounds like furniture being tossed around. Doors slam as if the antagonists are trying to knock the building down. Not to mention the loud bickering voices accompanying the house ware demolition.

I will never confront such contenders. I do not want to be drawn into their disagreements. Their arguments are none of my business. It is just disturbing to be an unwilling second-hand participant in someone else dispute.

Can it be that those who are loud and vocal have an active agenda? Do they blur all the lines that nature has formed to accommodate their whims? Is this confusing those easily swayed? Is that the cause of all the turmoil? I am not complaining about how someone chooses to live. I would just like them to keep it to themselves. I prefer not to be indirectly involved in it.

I hear loud argumentative voices. The furniture is tumbling and crashing against the wall. The door slams. I wonder if the contamination of the rainwater triggers such heated discussions?

I hear all, and I would prefer not having such noises irritate my ears. Complaining or expressing an opinion. Call it what you must. It is difficult to say anything nowadays without hurting someone’s feelings. It is also challenging to avoid using inappropriate pronouns.

Drugs and alcohol are sometimes the fuel for these contentions but not always. I question if climate change irritates sensibilities. It is often blamed for many things today, including a wayward carbon footprint. I wonder what I should do if one of these quarrels gets out of hand.

Should I intervene in some way to defuse it? The last thing I want to do is call the police on someone. Should I continue as I have, allowing the furniture and the doors to fall where they will? I wonder if the nonsense that people are watching on television is contributing to an increase in squabbling. Are videos and movies also part of the problem?

I am doing my share of wondering. And I am wondering if I am making too much of my walls trembling and the possibility of a bullet coming through the floor or the walls. I should trust in the better half of human nature that one slap in the face will only produce another in retaliation to the offending party and go no farther.

I hear all that I do not want to hear. This makes it difficult to keep a mentality of peace. I am surrounded by strong differences of opinion that have nothing to do with me.

If it were not for the disturbance, I would not care about the arguments. I would stay unfulfilled and not contented in my own diminutive world. I would not have a thought about how others manage their own little world.