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Why there are cicadas - a tinnitus story  

senfully 55F  
618 posts
11/7/2021 6:22 am
Why there are cicadas - a tinnitus story


Why there are cicadas - a tinnitus story
written November 1st, 2021

One day there was a small
who woke up in the night
to the sound of cicadas.
Her grown-up checks in on her.
The small doesn't talk very much.
She looks at the grown and rubs her ears.

Her grown-up asks, "Does the noise bother you?"
The small nods yes.
The small 's eyes ask...
Why is it there?
What does it mean?
Why does it never stop?

Her grown-up smiles and tells her...
Those are cicadas dear one
they knew that sometimes
you were lonely and afraid
so they came
hundreds of them
thousands of them
to keep you company
so you would never be alone.

If you wake
and wonder if you are safe
just listen for the cicadas.
I know they are loud sometimes
they just want to be sure
you know they are there
so relax in the sound
float in it knowing
you are not alone
and go back to sleep dear one.

senfully 55F  
443 posts
11/7/2021 6:22 am

Why there are cicadas - a tinnitus story
written November 1st, 2021

One day there was a small child
who woke up in the night
to the sound of cicadas.
Her grownup comes in to check on her.
The small child doesn't talk very much.
She looks at the grownup and rubs her ears.

Her grownup asks, "Does the noise bother you?"
The small child nods yes.
The small child's eyes ask...
Why is it there?
What does it mean?
Why does it never stop?

Her grownup smiles and tells her...
Those are cicadas dear one
they knew that sometimes
you were lonely and afraid
so they came
hundreds of them
thousands of them
to keep you company
so you would never be alone.

If you wake up
and wonder if you are safe
just listen for the cicadas.
I know they are loud sometimes
they just want to be sure
you know they are there
so relax into the sound
float on it knowing
you are not alone
and go back to sleep dear one.


senfully 55F  
443 posts
11/7/2021 6:22 am

Tinnitus sucks, but mine sounds like cicadas, which is a sound I have always loved. This story is a way to try to make the cicadas a positive thing.


kamaruhl3 63M
4985 posts
11/7/2021 10:26 am

i miss that sound. we don't have any here


senfully replies on 11/7/2021 2:31 pm:
I will share mine with you! Mine are 24/7 lol. Close your eyes and hear them now, from your memory. Hugs.

LadiesR2B1rst 60M  
2735 posts
11/7/2021 1:50 pm

I woke up with that sound in my head today . Tinnitus is no fun but, they are ways to forget it , at least for a while. Thank You.


Ultraviolet_Sol 43M
622 posts
11/7/2021 2:12 pm

You have such a way with infusing evocative energies
into an observer's perspective.

I think you achieve this through a sort of
agnostic, objective detachment...

but then... You are not detached.

Because it is you.

And you... are beautiful.

I like that very much.

Nice to see you my great friend.

*. *. *


senfully 55F  
443 posts
11/7/2021 2:35 pm

And this is new. Now the site is deleting letters from within words. Please read the version in the first comment. The site doesn't seem to delete things from the comments. sighs.


nova197238 61M
325 posts
11/7/2021 4:26 pm

Tinnitus sucks indeed. The high-pitched ringing never goes away

Wish there was a cure.


MrWrong4RghtNow 57M
2439 posts
11/8/2021 7:09 am

Sorry to hear you have tinnitus but glad to see your poem.

My name is MrWrong and I approved this comment


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