A Question Deferred

What happens to a question deferred?

Almost five years ago, in 2003, a lecturer of mine and a good mentor asked me a question which went like:

We used to love watching the stars during our days in college, do you guys still watch the stars?

At this time I was a second year with my dreadlocks flowing, my ideas forming and my ways showing. Mr. t.m Mboya was one of my most trusted lecturers and a poet I still greatly admire.

I cant believe that being a poet, I had never understood what the question meant until yesterday when in my muse in tranquil, I finally had the opportunity to sit in the open field for hours on end into the night. As I looked at the stars, the five year old question popped up from nowhere! Being in the state I was, I finally understood what it means to watch the stars.

Yes sir, I do watch the stars!