Across from me

Shared silence

Photo by Linda Xu on Unsplash

Across from me, he sits,

eyes looking to mine,

then away, deep in thinking,

leaning slightly forward,

captivated by thoughts,

suspended in the space,

between fear and hope,

seems uneasy pretending to be calm,

searching something in me .

does he ponder his own heart?

does he think he is exhausted by his patience,

with no more strength to endure?

sighs!

silence envelops

a sound carrying the weight of unspoken words,

unshed tears, unheard fears ,

what is felt and what is revealed?

moved by oceans, expressing a drop,

in this moment, time seems to stop.

sighs!

here we sit, together yet apart,

bound by the telepathy of thoughts,

each silently questioning,

each silently hoping...