Saying only what the heart already knows

Silence

I speak from my heart
The most important voice we could ever hear doesn’t have a voice at all
The silence in the heart isn’t devoid of sound or images
The silence within us is often deafening with the volume of its truth
The silence is also so confronting because it asks us to face what we already know
Silence is only a virtue when we are truthful about sharing word-for-word what we hear in our heart

It’s never virtuous to hold back or silence a truth that lives inside us
No matter how the outside world might perceive it, it’s not our work to judge a truth within us that we never express
This ends up being one of the regrets of the dying
That we didn’t say out loud what was repeating itself already inside the silent knowing of the heart

From this hour on, for the time of my time on this planet, I will rest in silence
This is the silence that is a triumph 
A tiny, unceremonious, and unseen victory, yet no less monumental
Saying only what the heart already knows

When the ego is silent, what do I hear my heart share?