the silence sings
A creative meditation on words & silence
the silence sings
(Music: Anything by Adrianne Lenker)
what if
never again
was i
to speak
only because
i thought
i should
?
what if
i waited
until
the moment when
the words
that arose from my throat
were truly called into the world
?
what if
the situation
i find myself in
cannot be made better
by speaking
these words
?
would i then
decline to speak
?
could i then
allow
the silence
to
be
heard
?
what if
this
became my practice
to make enough space
between my words
so that
the silence
could sing
?
what is it
that melody
which the silence
wishes to sing
to us
?
🙏