Continuing On

Are you being overly sensitive to impatient tones? Probably.

Silence might follow and stop the conversation with a friend and avoid feeling the intense anger a partner can cause. That connection with a partner seems harder to break, but a friendship could fall apart – you know those tender, hurt feelings! So, you don’t lay fury on friends.

But, oh, the closest ones, they are stunned by the rage, and how is that fair? Don’t they deserve a thoughtful response? They lashed out first, didn’t they?

Let it fade, let the irritation soften. Don’t react. So frustrating, again and again, the same thing. What does it take to change? Breathe.

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Silence.

Is silence a blessing? It can be a weapon, aimed at the one who slapped the psyche with a sharp tone, creating that blast of fury. Or maybe you poke back in long sentences and a raw throat, silencing the intended silence, the intent to not clap back. Receive my blessing, oh, sharp-tongued one, receive the silence of my distaste.

The righteous retort blasts outward from the crushed one, and

is met with surprise. Such an odd response.

or perhaps not odd; maybe oblivious to the effects of their tone?

Circles of conversations with laughter, some with fury

and then, there is the worst - silence.

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Breathe.

Keep going.

Copyright © 9/4/2025 by Andrea O. Corwin

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