Keeping Things Whole

The author:

Mark Strand  was born in April 11, 1934 – died November 29, 2014 a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 . 

Mark Strand

Keeping Things Whole

 

 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.