Thursday, March 25, 2010

Keeping Things Whole - Mark Strand

"In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body's been.

We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole."

1 comment:

  1. So I will make my own comment here...because I can, so I will! I'm identifying with this poem a lot lately..mostly because I have moving on my mind...moving house, moving job, moving my mind. I need one little click to the right and my whole perception will be different....just waiting for that "click."

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