What are the consequences of silence?

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After Bhanu Kapil


imprisoned by doubt 

by the fantasies of my own mind 

a puppet to my emotion. 


the burden of uncertainty 

of missed memories 

lost connections 

haunted by what-if’s and why’s 


and yet 

reclusive is my heart 

she is solaced 

by the clarity of absence 


tranquility? solitude? 

consequence? or liberation? 


3 feb 2026, yl

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