The Wait

What was the question?

Gertrude Stein

Search the sky for a visitor

Who’ll never arrive—
Wait for an echo you can’t hear—
Count on the wind to whisper
No name—call to the angel
Whose wings were never claimed—
Embrace the absence that doesn’t leave—
Walk toward the shadow you can’t see—
Give your answer to the question
No one asked—listen to the silence
For the question you must answer—