In the Quiet Between Us

Trapped between a thousand confessions yearning to escape my heart and a thousand silences guarding its depths, I always find myself simply gazing at YOU.

I could keep looking at you –

until I’ve memorised the lines of your face within my eyes,

until your voice settles like a melody in the chaotic corners of my soul,

until every unspoken feeling becomes one more emotion I’ll carry for you until my final breath.

The more I’ve learned to love you in silence,

the more I’ve come to love you in truth.

Now, I can sit in the quiet places with you.

Now, I can simply exist beside you and feel complete.

For silence has its own eloquence,

and in its stillness,

my heart speaks your name louder than words ever could.

Between what’s spoken and what’s restrained, my love for you is learning to exist –

not in declarations, but in devotion;

not in fleeting moments, but in eternity.

•Aafreen