Silence is...

Silence is a strange thing. It can be many things: comfortable, awkward, oppressive, or freeing. But, no matter its form it is always silence. It’s funny how something so fragile, that even breath can cause it to shatter, can weigh down on us. Silence can say many things, whether it’s that people were talking about you before you entered the room or an admission of guilt, love, etc. Silence can say what words can not. It speaks when action fails. What silence says is almost always right; almost, because it can be misinterpreted. We are thought to be careful of what we say, when we should be more careful of what we don’t.

However, you can’t rely on silence to say what you can not. If you keep the words you long to say in your heart, not even silence can make them heard. You need to speak these words with your own voice. If you don’t know one will know what went unsaid.


Affectionately yours,

Patrick