Usually you have that diamond brightness on your left eye. Often I have the mystery that makes you uneasy. Or is it the other way around?
Occasionally, fog surrounds us, removing all except for that mysterious diamond. Then you blink. Then I doubt. Or we kiss and forget. Just… We don’t really forget; we wait.
But that November night, you became the person who scares me. The sparkle turned wicked –or so I thought.
Today I told you all –but you can’t know. Today I was the girl who shares her world in a silent conversation. I wonder if I hurt you.
Winter, under dark
northern sky –I walk alone.
No sun, no rainbow.
_____Adriana Citlali
XXIII-I-MMXVII
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When space is silence... 
January 23, 2017 at 10:46 pm
Adrianita: ¡Esa actitud es cruel! Tan fácil que es quererte, y tú que no te dejas.
January 23, 2017 at 10:47 pm
¡Jajaja! ¡Carlitos! Años de no saber de tí. Espero que estés muy bien. Te mando un beso.
January 23, 2017 at 10:49 pm
Ay, Adri! Te he estado leyendo por algún tiempo. Te mandé invitación en linkedin también, pero no me has aceptado. Me sigues rompiendo el corazón.
Espero que estés muy bien, siempre me traes buenos recuersod.
January 23, 2017 at 11:21 pm
I like the suble change in emotions and circumstance ~ The silence is heavy and the walking alone is omnimous and sad.
Hope you are well. Thanks for joining us.
January 23, 2017 at 11:23 pm
Thank you, Grace. I’m ok. Life has turns that are not always pleasant. Hugs!
January 23, 2017 at 11:41 pm
sad to be alone… unless one is writing
January 23, 2017 at 11:45 pm
I think alone is better than lonely. Alone can be a choice. 🙂
January 24, 2017 at 12:14 am
I agree, alone can be good. If you cannot be alone with yourself, then you are always dependent. Your happiness depends on others, that is worst.
January 23, 2017 at 11:46 pm
I liked these sentences: “Or we kiss and forget. Just… We don’t really forget; we wait.”
January 23, 2017 at 11:48 pm
Thanks!
January 23, 2017 at 11:56 pm
I’m an introvert. I can relate to this so closely. I often have long discussions with someone, without really having em. But I feel so much better because, at least in my head I said all I had to say.
Expressing feelings is always a struggle. But a long silence is also expression, when one is but an introvert.
January 24, 2017 at 12:19 am
This is so sad, especially the haiku.
My favorite part is how you turned the piece here: “But that November night, you became the person who scares me.”
January 24, 2017 at 12:23 am
Today I was the girl who shares her world in a silent conversation. I wonder if I hurt you…. nicely written, the emotion stands out and the haiku reflects it perfectly.
January 24, 2017 at 12:26 am
It is truly the bounce back from our falls that propel us to move forward, Adriana. Even if only in our private thoughts! Well written.
January 24, 2017 at 9:27 am
That is so true, Walter. We all need a bit of falling to spice up life and expand the meaning of good times.
January 24, 2017 at 12:52 am
There is so much within your words Adriana…very thought provoking haibun..
January 24, 2017 at 5:21 am
The emotion that I sense is just beneath the skin… and we are left, interpreters of silence. So hard to talk.. I do love the haiku.
January 24, 2017 at 11:13 am
Thanks Björn. Godt nyttär! (A bit late, though)
January 24, 2017 at 11:39 am
God fortsättning 🙂
January 24, 2017 at 8:26 am
Yes, it only takes a blink, and the gap between says a lot. My favourite sentences: ‘Occasionally, fog surrounds us, removing all except for that mysterious diamond. Then you blink. Then I doubt.’
January 24, 2017 at 9:30 am
Thanks! It is special that those were the thoughts that triggered the rest of the haibun writing.
January 24, 2017 at 2:54 pm
The silence can be suffocating….and walking alone can be the most crowded space in the world as thoughts pummel us. A beautiful write.
January 24, 2017 at 3:28 pm
That diamond glint that turns wicked and then…alone. Most touching write and lovely haiku.
January 24, 2017 at 7:04 pm
A very moving haibun Adriana, it feels as if you could hear your inner voice in the silence, that voice that is always there to guide you.
January 24, 2017 at 11:02 pm
Thank you. And you are right, at least my silence is certainly filled with tons of words. 🙂
January 24, 2017 at 9:54 pm
This is so layered and mysterious…and then it’s not. It’s life, perhaps for all of us? Beautifui and moving. and a beautiful haiku at the end.
January 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Thank you for your words. 🙂
January 24, 2017 at 11:21 pm
I think if I was with a person who suddenly “scares” me, I’d rather walk alone and wait for the sun to rise again. Sometimes people stay in a relationship past its due date. A beautifully moving piece, Adriana. ❤