4.26.2025

always someone who will be different

You spend so much of your time 
expecting to become 
someone else 
always someone 
who will be different 
someone to whom a moment 
whatever moment it may be 
at last has come 
and who has been 
met and transformed 
into no longer being you 
and so has forgotten you 
 
meanwhile in your life 
you hardly notice 
the world around you 
lights changing 
sirens dying along the buildings 
your eyes intent 
on a sight you do not see yet 
not yet there 
as long as you 
are only yourself 
 
with whom as you 
recall you were 
never happy 
to be left alone for long 
 
 [W.S. Merwin {1927-2019} 'To Waiting', from Present Company]

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