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Poetry

Stories in Silence

Shyamala Sathiaseelan

Stories would swirl within my mind,
Stories I longed to share,
Stories I shied away from telling—
Until silence became my voice,
Saying what words could never express.

When questions came, ones I didn't wish to answer,
I would smile, glance away,
And let silence speak for me,
Conveying more than words could ever reveal.

"How did they know?" they’d ask.
"Did you tell them?"
But I had uttered nothing at all—
It was silence that whispered the truth
When my voice remained still.

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