A Silence That Speaks

Silence is the first word.
And the last.

It outlives every voice—
keeps what we refuse to give.

In the dark, toward the light—
through chaos, through order,
at the beginning,
at the end.

It moves through many
hearts and minds,
but only a few
are fluent.

We sit with it—
guarding our truths,
letting our eyes speak
what our mouths deny.

Sometimes we shout it—
yet only silence
hears us.

Silence is not a vacuum.
Not absence—
but something we shape
to shield ourselves.

I do not know what silence is.

But I know this:
it speaks
of us.

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FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

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