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Im glad you like it, and yeah the nature of contradiction in the context of a personalized human experience is interesting in general, and something i think on every now and then. it can be a defiance, but it can also just be the opposite side of the same coin so to speak. and i like how applicable it is to life, like how sometimes in a world of chaos, one needs to be tranquil. etc

The "Contradiction" maybe isn't supposed to be active opposition or deliberate defiance of external reality.

It is difference which allows us to individuate, to be something other that whatever it is that everything else is.

I love contemplating the idea that in the space where we happen to find ourselves, is like a container floating in a sea of the universe.

The poem is eloquently expressed, and relatable.

To hear properly, one needs to be quite.

To experience the flows and movements, one needs to be still.

I wouldn't lie, I like your poem.

yeah, i realized that the feeling is relatable, so im glad you understand/relate too. thank you!!!!

I feel the same as you sometimes so maybe thats how I got it. Great work !!!!

Exactly, i enjoyed portraying the contradictions in different perspectives. from calm, to uneasy, to negative, which also reflects my experience also, so you're definitely spot on. very glad you enjoyed!

I love this. I feel like as the poem progresses, the contradictions become less positive, it goes from being calm in a storm to feeling alone in a room full of people. There is a certain detachment from the present which is sometimes helpful and sometimes hurtful. Which in itself is a contradiction.

That's just how I interpreted it.

Wow i never thought of it through the lens of ADHD, that definitely makes sense though. how a lot of people with it say they can only focus when moving/fidgeting etc, which itself is also a contradiction. im glad you thought it was impactful and gave a whole new meaning to the poem!

"As wildlife scurries and scatters it is I who feels like a true beast alone."

Powerful. 

"When noise surrounds me I am filled with silence."  


This is random but being ADHD I can never get my brain to quiet down, it's always going from one thing to another at a million miles a minute. And psychologist think it's due to them being hyper sensitive in all aspects of life. So it's funny that the only time I can ever get my mind to quiet down is when the I'm in the shower where all of my senses are being overloaded.

When the sky is cloudy


My mind is clear


When the waves crash


I am put together


As noise surrounds me 


I am filled with silence








Each breath I take is vacant


Each step I take is vagrant


I turn blue as bright yellow shines

 
With everything I see, I find nothing 


As sirens blare and motors flair


I am the nature that stands in firm protest








As people laugh and chatter


I have no words of my own


As wildlife scurries and scatters 


It is I who feels like the true beast, alone


But as streams flow and waters ripple and rill


My mind, body, and soul are still



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Constant Contradiction