Cannot Figure It Out [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

I can close my eyes when an image disturbs me;
but even when pressing fingers tightly in my ears
sound still intrudes, harsh voices wreak a timbre
worse than any other pain inflicted, I increased
the TV volume then hitting a channel and level
of noise is suddenly unbearable; at work we’re
separated by screens but sound is un-allayed

If headphones and iPods hadn’t been invented
I’d have lost my mind, tonight I realise again the
importance of harmony as my son’s deep bass
music intruded, calm can only be found in sweet
melodies - and a message was sent to my brain:
life’s about sounds, ears are more important than
the eyes - then something suddenly struck me:

Is this only true for women, do men prefer sensuous
images to other sensory experience or does sound
also mean very much – I cannot figure it out…