In a world where silence sings its tune,
The rhythm of soundless music made me swoon.
Melody whispers without a single word,
A song without lyrics, yet deeply heard.

Notes dance in the air, delicate and free,
A sound of my soul, a silent decree.
No verses to guide, no lyrics to sing,
Yet, the heart understands, in quietening.

A sailing ship in a storm's embrace,
Navigating the storm to find its grace.
Each wave a note, every blow a chord,
In the music of silence, a journey explored.

The wind becomes a conductor unseen,
Directing the ship through waters serene.
No need for words in this melodic flight,
The soundless music carries through the night.

So let the ship sail in the storm's ballet,
A dance with silence, the night's display.
In the heart's quiet harbor, a melody supreme,
The rhythm of soundless music, beyond time.

By
Sanji-Paul Arvind

I’ll keep on telling you that I love you—
soft as dust on lace,
a whisper tucked in velvet drawers,
a melody wound into time
by trembling hands and silver keys.

Like the ballerina turning in her little glass world,
I’ll spin my love in slow circles,
over and over—
even when the tune grows thin,
even when the gears grow tired.

When the cogs in my mind lose their rhythm,
when the clockwork in my chest falters,
when my fingers no longer reach to hold you—
still, somewhere beneath the hush,
my heart will echo its worn refrain:
“I love you, I love you…”

Until the spindle stops,
until the lid closes gently,
and all that’s left
is the scent of old music,
the silence that remembers
the song we once knew.

Misguided steps, manipulated, broken,
Fragments of a life, tokens,
Memories, dark, awoken,
Provoking ramblings, choking,
Left for dead, moping,
Listless, out of time.

Graceful, deft, the fingers dance,
upon damp earth, cracked yet vast.
Yet--will it bear fruit at last?

Boundless harmony entwines,
guiding softly through the night.
In dim-lit hush, you swore it right.

I shall tread though miles may call,
you shall reach with art so fine.
With the seed, I breathe anew,
with the melody, you enshrine.