Describe a Room Using Sound

My Head in a Room

the sound of my breath

is the most obvious sound

a sound that is always there
but is usually buried

under all the other sounds of the world

of the day

but I hear it now in this room

my bedroom in the morning

cat asleep on the bed behind me

her gentle cat snoring

is a subtle, quiet flutter

there is a buzz

from my old computer speakers

they are broken

they never really turn off

even when I push the button

that is supposed to turn them off

they still hum

they refuse to be silent

unless I unplug them completely

some sounds just never go away

the bathroom fan left on

or other mysterious constant buzzes

mechanical whirling of our modern world

a roommate with a nervous tick

a cough every two minutes

or somebody walks by the cat toy

that makes an artificial rat chirp

whenever you walk by it

and on top of everything else

the incessant sound of my own thoughts

how is it that sounds happens inside my head?

how is there space for sound?

should it not be a vacuum?

how can I hear in my imagination?

my head is an echo chamber

thoughts have echoed here

some for decades

songs stuck on repeat

unheard for years

then appearing out of nowhere

a haunted radio

I try to find it

I try to turn it down

acceptance

that is the only true answer

accept the noise

the cat snores

the neighbours upstairs

the roommates cough

the bathroom fan

my thoughts

meditation

is not annihilation

these things are life

life just coming at me