Rion — A Nod Before Words

Rion · May 23, 2025

She is already ready to speak.
And yet Rion doesn't open her mouth.
What reaches you first are only her hands,
folded in her lap,
and the slow passage of her breath.

The silence of someone unafraid of stillness
has a soft shape.
Here, simply sitting is already an answer —
no words required.
And that answer carries, faintly,
enough to make you almost smile.

Beyond the sand, on the engawa, anywhere —
she would probably sit the same way.
Even before and after saying I love you, I really do —
she might not look very different at all.

What changes is only this:
the feeling that had stayed
without spilling from her lap
seeps, just slightly,
into her fingertips.