we talked and as it came to a pause
we regarded one another
a silence reigned
it thickened in the air around us
I felt underwater
and everything stilled
as if the world stopped spinning on its axis
as if the clocks all stopped
as if it was his eyes blinking
and my mind sinking
and only this…
the thrumming of my heart
within the walls of my ears
he finally broke the silence with something
and i didn’t hear it
I recovered only after shaking my head
like shaking away the silence
like coming up for air
and asked him to repeat himself
the noise came back
with the ticking clocks
and the spinning globe
I have only ever felt that silence
in this moment alone
- les’nspired
