Whenever we try to speak of your hesitation or restraint, our breath halts in our chest and we are unable to speak.

The poet plays beautifully with the concept of hesitation and halting—linking the beloved's reluctance with his own arrested breath. Whenever he musters the courage to complain about the beloved's distance or awkwardness, the sheer intensity of love catches the breath right in his throat. In that breathless moment, the grievance dissolves into silence, showing how overpowering adoration can leave us utterly speechless.