The space between the words

The space between the words



Now you have gone into that space

Beyond language




You have gone into the pauses in our conversation

The time beyond time and time within time




You are in those moments when we sit in the audience

Waiting for the curtain to rise




And the end when the curtain has closed

And the actors have taken their bows




You are within the pauses of the bird’s song

When we strain to hear the next note




In the water between the fish

In the traveler’s silence within a foreign language




You are in the air that fills the sky

In the moments after the sunset




You are between night and day

Spirit next to soul




You are in the space between the words

The moment before the artist picks up her brush




Vicky Lettmann

Oct. 1, 2013


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