Mm...
Mm...
Ah...
Mm...
The afternoon light suddenly lost its colour
A sullen autumn closed in on every side
People hid their words inside low voices
Not one of them could drift as far as me
I pushed the window open just a crack
The cold wind gave the room another breath
You sat there, quiet as a single string
I feared one word would stir the parting
You were so close to me
close enough to see the edge of your clothes tremble
You were so far from me
too far for any word to cross
I could not hear what they were saying
or find myself inside your silence
You were like the morning mist still spread across the wild
right before my eyes, yet without form
I dared not ask how long you would stay
I only let the cold wind pass between us
If drawing close would make the string break
then let me sit here
and share your silence
Daylight slowly slipped beneath the sill
Our shadows drew us to opposite sides
I wanted to give your name to the wind
but feared it would carry away the only bond we had
You did not turn around
and I did not step towards you
The entire room held nothing but
a meeting that could never arrive
Perhaps being present
does not always mean we reach each other
Perhaps some encounters
only give silence a shape
If you must finally dissolve into the distance
then before the wind falls still
let me look once more
at the place where you sat
I could not hear what the world was saying
but I heard the wind pass over you and me
You were like the morning mist about to lift from the wild
leaving a glimmer, but leaving no form
I no longer ask how long you will stay
or who first learned to be silent
The window is still open. Autumn passes through
and you still sit there
as if you had never come
The afternoon light
slowly turned white
You sat there
The wind came in
Mm...
Mm...