Undeliverable

Undeliverable


Approach


Principle


You stood opposite without intending to speak.

and yet your silence had the weight of a name.

Your hands were touching the table carefully,

as if you were afraid that time might move.


I felt the presence before I realized it,

an imperceptible current through the day.

What wasn't said then

they still seemed harmless.


The world continued around us indifferently,

but between the words of others

a slow attention was born;

a look that asked for permission to exist.


And I kept the moment intact,

without naming her,

because some authorities

they disappear as soon as they are said.


Distance


We sat close together without touching anything.

Your chair creaked slightly,

like a small confession of embarrassment.

The light passed between us quietly.


I was thinking how delicate the beginning is,

how easily attention is misunderstood.

A smile lasted a little longer,

and I was immediately afraid of its significance.


I didn't want anything to be rushed;

closeness needs space to breathe.

So we let the silence work,

like the sea working on the stone.


When you got up to leave,

Your absence already had a form.

I understood then.

that the distance begins before the farewell.


Mark


A slight movement of your head

It stayed with me more than words.

It was not a promise;

just an acknowledgement.


We walked side by side,

without synchronizing the steps.

Every delay seemed cautious,

as if we were guarding something fragile.


The streets smelled of rain,

I also felt that something was beginning.

not because it happened,

but because he could.


The sign remained unexplained;

a small opening in time,

where the heart is

does not yet ask for an answer.