“In silence.” I say,
“In silence” I say, “we speak.”
No words need float between us.
Hopes hover, our secrets to keep.

Breaths trickle, heartbeats thunder,
But words remain withheld,
The beginnings of thoughts,
At our lips quelled.

Paper shields hang between us,
Halting our speeches.
We move them aside with gentle kisses,
As quiet as solitary preachers.

Fingers on lips,
Our eyes smile.
A flower of silence blooms between us,
Thinking not speaking, all the while.

“In silence.” I say,
“In silence we speak.”