You are most visible
in the places you are not.
Like a silhouette
cut from paper.
Defined entirely
by what is missing.
I see you in pauses.
In the half-second
after I laugh
and instinctively turn
to share it.
In the empty seat
that is not assigned to you
but always was.
In the absence
that has edges.
Absence is not invisible.
It is precise.
It is measurable.
It is the exact shape
of what once filled it.
Mar 13
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
You are most visible
in the places you are not.
Like a silhouette
cut from paper.
Defined entirely
by what is missing.
I see you in pauses.
In the half-second
after I laugh
and instinctively turn
to share it.
In the empty seat
that is not assigned to you
but always was.
In the absence
that has edges.
Absence is not invisible.
It is precise.
It is measurable.
It is the exact shape
of what once filled it.