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The Space Between Replies

A lyric about patient conversation.

Reflective · Original lyrics · Fictional voice · Lyrics only

Your message rests beside the lamp,
The room is neither yes nor no.
I leave the evening out of reach
Of things I cannot yet know.

There is a space between replies,
There is a day beyond this screen.
I do not need to fill the skies
With every meaning in between.

When words arrive, I read them slowly,
As words, not proof of something more.
The lamp has kept its circle only;
The night has kept an open door.

Original lyrics, with no audio recording for this piece yet.

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