I read it three times, trying to discern the difference or the similarity. Looking for clarity and a concrete example that my mind could make sense of.
Weirdly, it resonated more with a sensation in my chest, one of warmth and tingling. As if they are one and the same, two sides of the same coin, each with a slightly different perspective.
I continue to read the words and they get jumbled like a tongue twister, causing me to giggle out loud!
Am I abnormally normal or normally abnormal? I struggle to decipher it.
At the same time it feels as if there is a finger pointing at me and a quiet voice in the shadows whispering, “this is you, don’t you see it?”
I think I do sometimes, but do they see it too? Do I want them to see this, to know that I am abnormally normal and normally abnormal?
Now I have said it and written it three times! Is it like Beetlejuice or Voldemort?
I am leaning towards normally abnormal. Normal feels regular and I don’t feel regular so it seems to make more sense! To me? To whom? To you? To them? Today? Tomorrow?
Ok how about this:
Normally abnormal- is normal on the outside and abnormal on the inside.
Abnormally normal- is abnormal on the outside and normal on the inside.
This makes me feel like I am in a Shel Silverstein poem, which I adored as a child.
Tongue twisters, rhymes, funny and not funny-
A b n o r m a l l y n o r m a l
N o r m a l l y a b n o r m a l
Nonsensical and silly. Does it matter which way I go or choose?
Take a break and try another day! Who’s to say?
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