Her mind
was noisy
when she
texted him.
There was
no right
no wrong
way of
texting him.
There was
no right
or wrong
way to
be her,
around hi,.
She simply
just had
to be.
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You continue to get even better over the years. Your poem offers a surprising amount of depth, beautifully capturing the tension and ultimate relief in a specific kind of modern emotional landscape.
ReplyDeleteIt speaks to the universal struggle for authenticity in the early stages of a connection, especially when amplified by the medium of technology. The "noisy" mind while texting highlights the intense internal pressure—the overthinking, the self-editing, the anxiety of presentation—that social interaction, even digital, can provoke. We see the frantic mental work of trying to calculate the "right" way to communicate, to curate an image that will be accepted or desired.
The profound turn, however, comes in the quiet realization that the rules are an illusion. The poem dismisses the binary of "right" and "wrong" not just for the act of texting, but for the very act of being herself "around him." This shift moves the focus from a trivial concern (texting etiquette) to a fundamental one (self-acceptance).
The final, powerful line, "She simply / just had to be," is a release. It suggests that the deepest form of connection requires dropping the performance and the self-monitoring. The true, profound lesson is that the most direct path to forming a meaningful relationship—and to finding internal peace—is the unfiltered, uncalculated act of existence. The noise in her mind is quieted not by finding the perfect word, but by accepting that her self is, in fact, enough.