VOCAL (Not Really).
An acrostic about the universal language of awkward silence.
Vehicles become confession booths when you're not in the mood.
Our driver says nothing—he’s seen too much, or just hates small talk.
Connection, they say, makes us human. But no one makes eye contact.
Awkward silence: the most universal language on Earth.
Life is strange. So is sharing it with three strangers and a seatbelt that won’t click.
Author's Note:
This is my entry into D.K. Shepard’s wonderful Unofficial Vocal Acrostic Challenge. More details can be found at the link below. I’m submitting this for the “Literal Life” category.
About the Creator
Between Two Silences
This ghazal dwells in the space of uncertainty—between leaving and staying, knowing and not knowing. The beloved’s absence suspends time itself, turning silence into the only honest reply. It is a poem of quiet endurance, where love survives not as direction, but as presence.
By Rahatweb Website6 days ago in Poets
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