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He did not speak words,
But the silence knew my name.
He did not touch my hands,
But the absence was warmer
Than any touch.

I saw him in the wind
That carries the scent of weary gardens.
In the silver of the night, where stars bow in their sleep.
And in every shadow that did not ask for light –
But waited for someone to stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He did not speak words,But the silence knew my name.He did not touch my hands,But the absence was warmerThan any touch. I saw him in the windThat carries the scent of weary gardens.In the silver of the night, where stars bow in their sleep.And in every shadow that did not ask for light –But waited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[112,119],"zbirnyk":[],"class_list":["post-4495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-presence","tag-stillness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSilence Knew My Name - A Poem on Wordless Presence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A poem on a presence felt without touch or word - on absence warmer than touch, on the silver of night, and on the shadow that waited for someone to stay.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/en\/silence-knew-my-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silence Knew My Name\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A poem on a presence felt without touch or word - 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