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Becoming Stubborn

This poem portrays the difficulty of human relationships and the loneliness and anxiety hidden behind stubbornness through the repeated phrase “becoming obstinate.”
Rather than simply criticizing difficult people, it reveals the human struggle against a reality that no longer bends to one’s will.
Aging, isolation, frustration, and the gradual loss of harmony with others quietly emerge throughout the poem.


 Becoming Stubborn

Becoming stubborn.

It is troublesome
to deal with them.
If you engage with them,
it only becomes exhausting.
They cling to their pride
until someone gives in.
Leave them alone,
and they sulk.

A difficult person.

Becoming stubborn.

Their narrow-mindedness
is tiresome.
Trying to persuade them
is wasted effort.
Their mind knows only
how to push their will through.
Push back,
and they grow even more rigid.

A person
you want to walk away from.

Becoming stubborn.

They force their own way.
They say whatever comes to mind.
Argue with them,
and it only fuels the fire.
Even in isolation,
they never learn.

A heartbreaking person.

Becoming stubborn.

They vent dissatisfaction
when things do not go their way.
Their hostility
shows openly.
Try to reason with them,
and they pay no attention.
Even calmness
cannot be relied upon.

A difficult person to handle.

Becoming stubborn.

It is as if
they have become someone else.
They have lost
their sense of cooperation.
They brush things aside
as unnecessary meddling.
They resist the self
that can no longer control things as before.

Perhaps they are simply
a person standing somewhere
along the road we all must walk.

Written on May 24, 2026.
Connections with stubborn people are difficult.

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