WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.560 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:05.520 align:middle line:84% I sat in silence and removed all of myself. 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.820 align:middle line:84% When he called my name, I was a long way under. 00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:09.960 align:middle line:90% Where? 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:14.130 align:middle line:84% Practicing, paper white, hours, 85 beats 00:00:14.130 --> 00:00:19.290 align:middle line:84% per second, transparent sheath, wings hidden by outer shell. 00:00:19.290 --> 00:00:22.890 align:middle line:84% To all appearances, to him calling my name 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:26.280 align:middle line:84% and entering the room, nothing had changed. 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:29.400 align:middle line:84% There is a place one can exist where the boisterousness 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:32.280 align:middle line:90% of mind is not a lesion. 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:37.320 align:middle line:84% Engraved brass, body, French, anonymous, Rosewood. 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:41.970 align:middle line:84% Someone has saved these instruments we call watermarks. 00:00:41.970 --> 00:00:44.880 align:middle line:84% Though wading through leaves somewhat erased, 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.300 align:middle line:84% we are able to see beyond multiple smudge marks, 00:00:48.300 --> 00:00:51.420 align:middle line:84% hear the silence of colors as the sky 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:55.130 align:middle line:90% changes inside our closed eyes. 00:00:55.130 --> 00:00:56.000 align:middle line:90%