Bridges of Silence
The silence lengthens, fine as a thread,
between a fallen star and the window of the deserted hotel,
it does not sing, but makes a connection.
The glass catches a trail of light, cold and tender,
the star remains still in the darkness, for a moment,
and the invisible bridge spans between them.
The room is a sea of silence, closed doors, dimmed lights,
the window breathes like a sail of regret,
and the bridge retains the word that never comes.
At dawn, the weight of light rests upon the glass,
silence remains a bridge holding what has been,
and the deserted hotel learns the first breath of light.
Explanation
This poetic text is configured as a meditation on the nature of absence and the catalytic function of silence. Far from being a mere acoustic void, silence here is elevated to an active narrative element, capable of “opening contact” and sustaining a metaphysical structure: the bridge. The poem operates on a dialectic between what is visible (the glass, the light) and what is intangible but existential (the unsaid word, memory).
The symbolic core is articulated in the relationship between the “fallen star” and the “window of the deserted hotel.” The star represents the ephemeral event, distant beauty, perhaps an irrecoverable past. The window, conversely, is the boundary between the internal (the self, the state of suspension) and the external (time passing). The “invisible bridge” that spans these two elements is not a physical solution, but the poetic manifestation of the emotional bond