Deafening Silence

I thought it was your voice.
The way your words found me.
The way meaning gathered
around what you said.

I thought hearing you,
learning you,
understanding you
was where this bond began.

I was wrong.

It was the patience.
The way you asked
and waited.
The way you held
what I said.

What drew me to you
was never your voice.

It was your silence.

Where I was seen.

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