She didn’t use words. She didn’t expect me to listen. I saw what I expected to hear in the line of her jaw, the curl of her fingers. I read my deficiencies in her silence: an unfaithful translation of our love story.
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Christine Hanolsy 
‘I saw what I expected to hear’ – such powerful words. ‘I read my deficiencies in her silence’ – such sad ones.
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You have such a deft hand at magnifying a moment to meaningful proportions, Christine.
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This? Maybe my favorite comment ever. I love to write moments.
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Silence sometimes speaks volumes as does body language. Always wonderful visiting your words! P.S. I’m laughing about “Garbleblaster”. My mind thought I wrote that, but apparently my fingers didn’t listen. Happens!
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*hahaha* It’s happened before, and I love saying garglebuster. 🙂 Also, garglebluster.
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Unfaithful translation of our love story…sigh! So well done.
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“I saw what I expected to hear…” So powerful and so often true. It’s too bad when things come that that, but at some point words become unnecessary.
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I liked how the narrator could get the whole story without any words. So true.
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Oh, yeah. It’s all those expectations that get in the way. Love the imagery!
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How terrible it is to be judged, even silently. It , to me, is one of the worst forms of abuse- Abuse of the self-esteem of another.
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Really amazing use of words.
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A beautiful, exquisite depiction of the hurt and anger and assumptions. Powerful title, too.
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Oh my goodness…such power in short sentences and simple words. I loved this.
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So beautiful – that last line really hit me like a punch in the gut, such a simple statement but a truth that I think all of us can understand. I, too, have read my deficiencies in a silence.
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“I saw what I expected to hear in the line of her jaw.” <–that is pretty awesome.
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The power of silence. Great take on the prompt.
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“I read my deficiencies in her silence” – very powerful!
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We can say so much without speaking. Nice.
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Beautiful..silence speaks a lot too!
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So much is said in the silences. I love how you’ve chosen such delicate body language (the curl of her fingers) for imagery. Wonderfully done.
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