1Silences
She sat by herself
Next to us but so far away
She was quiet
He loved her in her silence
We wondered what she was all about
Why the quietness?
I don’t know why we began to talk to her
Perhaps we just found common ground
But she spoke, and spoke well.
The gradual entrance into our sphere
Was accepted without question
We began to know the girl who seemed to make silences speak
I began to realize
That despite our differences
The girl was really just like me
I guess that we didn’t seem the same
But only on the outside
Once you knew her, you realized that she is not what she appears at first
She spoke with us at lunch
We grew closer and closer
Until we could feel comfortable in our own silences
Uncomfortable silences
Were no more
We now loved the girl