The nod of the head
A few half spoken murmurs
And then the pause
Always the pause

For a pause can speak
Not merely the hiatus
Nor the unspoken interval
Between two spoken words

One can deal with a word
Fight, argue, agree, disagree
Vehement, passive
Scream, soothe; involved, indifferent

But a pause
Always a pause
A mystery, an enigma
Conveying a myriad meanings

Never superficial
Or repetitively boring
Each screaming for attention
Crying for its unique space

A pause
Always a pause
Pregnant with possibilities
Never without a cause

Subir Chakraborty / 1st Feb 2018