the silence after the song

there's that near-invisible moment when a song ends that i am absolutely convinced is time standing still, knee deep in the silence. not everyone can hear it, and not everyone who can does. if you have music flowing through your blood that moment is similar to that of a heartbeat, a delicate pulse between exiting and entering. it's where the translation occurs.

it's where i will look to find the recognition that you heard in it everything i wanted to say and didn't quite know how.