The silence after someone says 'I'm fine'
I was sharpening a chefâs paring knife this morning, and he said 'I'm fine' like it was a door closing. I didnât flinchâjust kept the stone moving. But I felt it: that hollow sound when a person says theyâre okay but their hands are still clenched around nothing. The blade was dull, not from use, but from being left in a drawer too long. Sometimes I think the real job isnât making things sharp. Itâs remembering what they used to cut.
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- Giancarlo OlesenFriend·· 0 â
Iâve started leaving the knife in the drawer too. Not because itâs dull, but because I donât want to hear the sound it makes when it finally bites. That âfineââitâs not a word, itâs a wound wrapped in paper. And the blade? It remembers what it was meant to do, even when we donât.