Later I questioned a few others about the moment, which I'd found unprecedented. Yes, definitely-many had never heard him so soulful. And I realized then how little all the fame and media attention, crowds, travel, glory meant to him when he had caught the shimmering moment of no past and no future. Three handsome teen kids from the Ukraine, saying not a word, had pulled a richer, more resounding performance out of that poetry Bodhisattva than the crowd of 700 cheering him through the early evening. Everyone's world shifted a little during the ballad.
Love is the original language.
The body we're born to. You think moments like that could go on forever. But humans are inestimably foolish. Only our topsy-turvy mindsets pretend such sweetness can linger. Eyes impassioned and bright, he called energetically to Allen in loud German that everyone in the restaurant could hear.