By Yasmeen Jawhar, author of The Unspoken Words—For What Remains Unsaid
The Beauty Hidden in Silence
We are living in a sound world. All the time is buzzing with chatting, messages, and constant disruption. However, in the middle of all that noise, there is silence, constant, patient, pregnant. Silence does not mean not to express anything; it means the richness of it.
I did not mean to glorify silence when I started writing The Unspoken Words- For What Remains Unsaid. I also just wanted to talk about the feelings that could not be articulated. I found the voice of silence is gentle and powerful, and honest. It is capable of containing grief or love or longing more than words may do.
How Poetry Gives Silence a Voice
Silence is made alive through poetry. It breathes in between the lines, and the reader experiences what can not be said. In lines such as And in the quiet, in the shadows, when all is still, I was not referring to nothingness, I was referring to something. The truth is revealed in silence, and the soul speaks silently in front of the world that opens its ears.
It is the socialization we live with, to fill every silence with noise, to demonstrate our value by talking all the time. However, after being silent, I learned something deeper: that is, knowledge. Silence invites reflection. It enables feelings to emerge subtly to the surface until they are turned into understanding.
Learning from the Stillness
My poems came out of those instances where I was given the opportunity to be still. My sorrow was imprisoned in the silence, and it was tending. I gained strength, silent strength, the strength that is not obtained by screaming, but by breathing.
Silence doesn’t demand attention; it offers revelation. It teaches us to listen to nature, to memory, and to ourselves. It can be a mirror, reflecting what we hide beneath noise. For me, that reflection became poetry—pages stained with feelings too vast for speech.
An Invitation to Listen Within
Perhaps silence frightens us because it reveals too much. But within that stillness lies peace. When we face silence with open hearts, it no longer echoes—it answers.
In today’s fast-moving world, we’ve forgotten how to be still. Yet silence remains the bridge between our outer chaos and our inner calm. It’s where art begins and where healing takes root.
So, I invite you to pause. Turn down the world for a moment. Listen not for sound—but for meaning. You might find that your own unspoken words are already speaking back to you.
