Aphasia

Photo by Amy Tran on Unsplash

One of the things that is happening in my menopause transition is some difficulty finding words. There are pauses and long silences where I used to be able to move through language with ease. I am still learning to appreciate the in-between spaces.

We sat looking at one another,

eye-to-eye over the computer screen,

suspended in the moment as I reached out for the word

and the word slipped just beyond me.

“No,” I said, “menopause won’t give me the word.”

We smiled together in our separate spaces.

Women slipping just beyond

able to speak the language of silence.