Research and daily experiences show that magnetic fields often defy common sense. This is known as the Law of Magnetism for a reason: like poles repel one another, while unlike poles attract each other. After all, mundane logic doesn't apply here: why push back against something simply because it’s too similar? Shouldn’t we challenge the finding with the “like calls to like” saying, even if the argument seems weak?
I’m not a huge science person, so I don’t consider any of its breakthroughs when I claim the theory as one of the biggest mysteries in the world. Still, I need time to reflect. If there's a high chance these forces will repel each other in the end, how can we, as humans, let curiosity spin the electrons so out of control? I should keep the north pole and north pole at arm’s length, and the south pole and south pole too. But I do none of that.
Today, in an attempt to lessen the foreseen guilt, I ask myself, “If we were magnets, would we both be north or south?” I’ve been carrying the weight of my secret baggage my whole life; you've carried yours too. I have my own deadbeat figure; you have one as well. Both suitcases are similar it’s unnerving. If I lay my darkness and soul bare for the world to see, will you recognize yourself in it? If I peel away the layers that engulf me in solitude, will you understand me from my perspective, or yours?
(Would that recognition bind us or push us apart? I think I need some more time to reflect.)
I remember how vehemently two sides of the same pole repel each other. I think about how I, like a magnet, want to recoil every time I get close to another. Every inch of space allows me to breathe. So, what’s different this time? Why do I let my guard down and let the electrons run wild? I must be mad, but I must be serious too.
Yet, everything about it still unsettles me. If the two poles collide, what would become of us? Two souls, equally broken, repelling each other. We’re the same forces, battling against the other and within ourselves. Can everything be good? I have no idea. If I say that I have started to unpack, can you say the same? If I admit there's a high chance this won't blossom into anything but I’m hesitant to let go, does that mean I can be demagnetized, or am I just resisting physics?
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