In “Spirit,” the speaker describes an enduring inner self that survives change. It is like seeds sown in autumn, quietly expecting spring flowers, or starlings flung upward by a sudden wind, darkening the air like soot and confusing then with now. The images suggest that change is not only loss but transformation. The present leaves fleeting marks, like riddles in sand, while the past—even when painful—has a burnished quality that illuminates the future. Solitude becomes a doorway: the spirit moves beyond time and space and embraces life in earth, waves, and flames. The mood is calm, contemplative, and open-ended, with an undercurrent of wonder rather than fear.
Spirit — Summary
The spirit survives its changing form, like seeds sown in autumn anticipating the promise of flowers blooming in spring.
Or a chance wind sweeping starlings to flight, to grasp at life to flake the air like soot the ambiguity of then and now confused.
The present etches the surface like riddles scribbled in sand, the past burnished with pain illuminates the future.
Seeking solitude spirit transcends time and space, embracing life in all its forms the earth, the waves, the flames of the universe.