During development week, I wrote this.  I was uncertain about sharing it.  But decided to be brave.

 

 

Others’ Silence

 

Us.

Them.

They, we, those.

 

They sound different.

Music, laughter, words of braille.

 

Us. We are similar.

Common grounds.

Shared earth.

 

Fractal differences.

 

Language barriers, divides,

Chasms.

Of misunderstanding.

 

 

We should help.

Help them.

Help us.

Help those who…

 

Falter.

 

Mistrust.

Uncertainty.

Undecided. Indecisive.

 

Different eyes. Different Worlds.

One earth.

So many divides.

 

Help us, help them.

Help who?

 

 

 

Language, laughter, love.

Silence kills.

 

Afraid to reach.

Afraid to touch.

Afraid to change the changing.

 

Souls shrouded in earthly difference.

Seeking. Longing.

Subdued.

Strangers.

 

Between the music,

the laughter,

the audible utterings,

those fractal differences so sharp and telling….

 

is Silence.

 

 

Shared silence. Silence between us. Silence amongst us.

 

 

In silence we are one.