The Sounds Are So Loud

Summary

The poem "The Sounds Are So Loud" by Jonathan Greene reflects on the overwhelming internal and external noise that pervades the speaker's life, despite attempts to find solace in silence.

Abstract

"The Sounds Are So Loud" is a contemplative poem that delves into the cacophony of thoughts and external noises that fill the speaker's mind and environment. The poem describes a struggle to differentiate between ambient sounds and the amplified noise within the speaker's head. It portrays a world where even silence is loud, as the speaker is acutely aware of the collective thoughts and worries of society. The speaker seeks refuge from this auditory overload by envisionrcating a fictional ocean, only to find that the waves of thought continue to crash and ferment. The poem concludes with the speaker's desire to escape the relentless noise, symbolized by a buoy in the vast sea, trying to drown out the sound.

Opinions

The speaker experiences a profound difficulty in distinguishing between internal and external sounds, suggesting a state of sensory overload.
There is a sense of isolation and introspection as

A Poem

The sounds are so loud in my head that it’s hard to distinguish the difference between ambient and amplified levels of noise as my mind runneth amok down rabbit holes and into wind turbines that speed up my thought bubbles and send them flying into a whirlwind while I sit staring at a wall wondering where the sound is coming from

The sounds are so loud in the world that a simple walk is deafening even when no one is talking because I can hear all of us thinking and wondering if this is it A new way of life, sound blasted with hellish silence on undeaf ears and all of us looking around to see where the noise is coming from

The sounds are so loud as they wash ashore and tip my toes, this fictional ocean that I created to wash away all the noise fermenting inside of my head, crashing waves down on me while I allow myself to be pulled far out to sea, a distant buoy just trying to drown out the sound

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