"They"

Cluj, Romania, Europe, 2006.
I found them sitting on a bench. Waiting ... for nothing. People didn't notice them, but that's okay, because they didn't notice other people. They were waiting ... it doesn't matter for what, they already knew it was too late. Just the endless procession of minutes, hours, days... Who knew how many days they sat there ? ... Maybe the dog, always happy to see them. They left me to my darkest lesson, that in the end, we are alone, and there is nothing but the cold, dark wasteland of eternity.Zalau, Romania, Europe, 2006.
I found him behind the dirty blocks of flats of my neighborhood, among dirt, garbage and misery. I knew him ... didn't knew his name, but his face was familliar to everyone. He's been here for a long time, but his mind was far away. "Mentally challenged" they say... living his perfect little life in his own little perfect world. He didn't knew i was there, watching him ... he didn't care. He was looking for something. Scattering the dead leaves, empty plastic containers and dirt, he was looking for something. I'll never know what ... Whatever happened to him I do not know. He goes on, day by day, night by night. His spirit of preternatural flesh. Detached. Unchangeable. Empty.