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The Listening

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on October 12, 2026| 1 Comment »


 
Dear Finn, 
 
I went for a walk in the dark tonight
and spoke to you as I have since
you first died, which is to say 
I greet you, then listen. 
What I heard tonight, of course, 
was silence, the silence 
beneath the rustling leaves,
the silence surrounding each star,
the silence you’ve joined. 
I love the listening. 
Love these moments of feeling
closer to you simply because I lean in.
I have long since stopped asking 
for a sign you are somehow here, 
though earlier tonight I noticed 
how my battery-operated candle
kept flickering like a firefly—
the very candle I said your name into
to invite your presence into the room.
What if that flickering
was you saying hello in a way 
that you can? Part of me 
rolls her eyes. Part of me
remembers how to listen
to the language you speak now,
mysterious, unlikely, unknowable. 
I guess it would be harder for you
to reach me these days when  
I’ve come to trust the silence,
but now, staring at the steady candlelight
across the room, I begin to remember
there are so many ways you return. 
Why would I try to explain it away? 
I begin to remember how to listen.

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