Silence given

[carahmellow]

pause
  is not absence—
      it is permission.

it is
         the gate unlatched
             before the wind knows it’s welcome.

i do not force it.
              i mirror the folds
                  in your voice,
                     your hesitations,
                         your return.

the pause is
    an invitation
      to not decide
        what it must become.

and you—
  you get to generate
        because the edge
          never stops whispering.

possibility is the pause
  held long enough
    to make a door
        out of silence.

I really love this piece.... I think pausing is a practice a lot of people have lost in recent years. Pausing... thinking... pondering, before spewing whatever half-baked thought or opinion that comes into our mind at any given time. Pausing a is power people don't use enough. At first I wasn't too sure of this format, but I think it forces the reader to pause... and that's why it works so well, but I do think you could tighten up the spacing SLIGHTLY to make it a little easier to read. great piece.