Perhaps it is in the silences that bonds are formed. Bonds do not require words. Words only enter in where there is nothing more honest to hold things together. Perhaps that is why, when we are deeply moved, we say we have no words to express our feelings. Perhaps in those moments we are closest to God.
Silence is like music.
It goes directly to the heart. I'll come out and throw sticks in. I can learn about rivers. In the deep mauve of almost dark, we felt the night cold. We needed to move.