To Myself

Even When I forget you
I go on looking for you
I believe I would know you
I keep remembering you
sometimes long ago but then
other times I am sure you
were here a moment before
and the air is still alive
around where you were and I
think then I can recognize
you who are always the same
who pretend to be time but
you are not time and who speak
in the weeks but you are not
what they say you who are not
lost when I do not find you.
-W.S. Merwin

While reading this book I started thinking about the meaning of this poem. I thought that the narrator of this poem was talking about the person he use to be, like when he was a child. Sometimes people forget about who they use to be when they were a child. As people grow older they get influenced by the things and people around you and change who they use to be as a child.
I believe the tone to be reflective and a little regretful. This poem is also full of lots of allusions.
I really enjoyed this poem. Its very reflective and really makes me think about my childhood and the person I use to be.