Socrates

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Socrates

Some people

Cannot let the silence dance

In the gaps between the conversation

That harbor a deeper intimacy

Than words could let us know.

Afraid to shed the dream-words

That never seem to bridge the void

Between the different speakers

Speaking their different lives,

They think they cannot reconcile

Gazes that do not meet in conversation

So they fill the space with words

To create a common ground

But the ground falls under foot

Of those who ponder words in the silence

That follows their pronouncement

And lingers in interpretations.

If only they would cease their thoughts

That strive to avail them of discomfort

Found in the uneasiness

Of not knowing what the other feels.

Only then would they smile in silence:

For the love that awaits them there

As two people feel the understanding

That the most important things must remain unsaid.