Oh my my my, Benighted, this is so on the same page with mine from today, https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/everlasting-love-affair-d8d843d4416a, and this one from a few months ago https://thetaoist.online/how-can-it-be-we-say-so-much-without-words-bd5435598a80 (the latter you have read)