Silence Between Me & You

 Silence Between Me & You

We sat close

not touching,

yet something deeper

had already met.

No words arrived.

They waited at the edge,

then quietly

turned back.

Between us,

a silence unfolded

not empty,

but full

of unspoken recognition.

I almost said your name,

just to feel the sound of it,

but it felt unnecessary

as if calling you

would create a distance

that wasn’t there.

Your eyes held something

that did not ask

to be understood.

And for once,

I did not try.

The world moved on

people spoke,

time passed,

somewhere, a clock insisted.

But here

between me and you

there was no before,

no after.

Just a stillness

so intimate

it felt like truth.

I don’t know

what you felt.

I don’t know

what this was.

And strangely,

I don’t need to.

Because in that quiet

where nothing was exchanged,

everything

was already shared.

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