Leo

The quiet that follows a conversation you needed to have is different from the quiet that comes before it. This kind of stillness holds weight, not absence. You can feel the difference in your chest, in the way you breathe when no one else is in the room to notice. There is something honest about these moments when the day's usual noise stops and you are left with what actually happened, not the version you performed while it was happening. The silence teaches you what your voice was covering up.