Love That Lives in Silence

Love That Lives in Silence

Arman Rashid 

I have loved you in quiet moments,

in glances no one else could see.

Words never spoken, yet understood,

carrying the weight of all my heart.

I watched you from a distance,

smiling at things only you would notice.

My feelings grew in the shadows,

where no one could call them out.

Every touch I never gave

was stored in the chambers of my chest.

Every laugh we shared in passing

echoed louder than any confession.

I traced your presence in empty rooms,

felt your absence in crowded streets.

Love can live in silence,

soft, steady, unseen by the world.

Even in the stillness, it thrives,

like a flame shielded from the wind.

And when the world is loud and cruel,

it whispers my devotion without sound.

And in the quiet between heartbeats,

I find you alive, though words have died.