the necessary vagueness of the Other

the necessary vagueness of the Other as it becomes
      the fruit that bore yesterday's burden of promise
      the necessary kindness of the Other as it believes
      in the nothing that is at the heart of love     the 
      necessary silence of the Other as it navigates the
      incommensurable words of the voiceless song -  

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I love the necessary vagueness in
what a night traveler says to the absence
of birds over the slopes of speech
and above the roofs of villages
- Mahmoud Darwish

The man who shows us that he knows the rhythm of our silence is much closer to us than one who thinks that he knows how to speak.
- Ivan Illich

Thirty spokes share one hub. Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the cart.
- Lao Tzu