Long time

Inspired by Tamara

He vanished for a long time
hopped aboard a train to who-knows-where
like a vagabond or perhaps
like a monk seeking solitude in movement
I wondered where in who-knows-where
he learned to see that way, in the silence
Then one time after a long time
we met again in passing and
abandoning our silent ships for a moment,
He thanked me for the eyes I gave him.

It was then when I really
heard music for the first time
in a long time.