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When there's love in your heart❤

there's a certain set of unwritten rules

to pursue or to eradicate on an individual basis

and for me

the role of silence is both fascinating

and revolting

Silence can relay the strongest, unspoken bonds in a given moment

in it's purest form,

90% of communication is non-verbal

where silence is the antonym of noise...

but few study well enough to read them and react realistically

Fred Rogers

once referred to the gift of silence as being able to read the white spaces between the paragraphs

which he believed is more important than any of the text

because it allows reflection about what's just been said

...so in my view, silence can often become the white space we all need to show our value to one another

That's what's lovely

but what is not lovely

is a frost-bitten, permafrost silence

wielding a savage blade

evoking the absolute dredges of feeling

unloved

underappreciated

undervalued

leading those to duel against their own insecurities

and I struggle to respect the malignant overtones of muted 'resolution'

I cannot permit my integrity to be aimlessly dragged around like a toddler with their least-favorite blanket, if I intend to possess enough self-esteem

When the silence is sublime

nurture love, warmth, affirmation 

give each other reasons to smile

on day 2 AND day 2,000

when the silence is deafening

apply a salve if able

but if the damage blackens even the newest tissue

scrap whatever's necessary to survive

and like E.T. on Atari

bury that anger in a desert