I don't agree with the precise phrasing. But the author of this is on to something. 

The meme below, along with my life, inspired me to birth this poem:

I think often about silence:
when I'm silent,
when I'm speaking,
when I'm listening,
when I'm thinking pre-response.

I think we want
to value each other's words,
but there's a journey waiting
from wanting to value words
and understanding:

the layers of words
on words on words,
the meanings in the spaces,
the metaphors and emotions,
the mysterious balance...

...of what is left verbally unsaid,
but if you listen for the frequency,
you can tune in to the the silence,
where an important part
of all of us lives.