Alone

To be always visible – to live

in a swarm of eyes -

a special expression must develop.

Face coated with clay.

 The murmuring rises and falls

while they divide up among themselves

the sky, the shadows, the sand grains.

 I must be alone

ten minutes in the morning

and ten minutes in the evening.

- Without a programme.

Everyone is queuing at everyone’s door.

Many.

One.

(Tomas Tranströmer)