If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the earth you are forgetting.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Poetry is a dividend from what you know and what you are.

When I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset.

Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet Yet is not a prophet, for he's much too busy, Repeats while he binds his tomatoes: No other end of the world will there be, No other end of the world will there be.