HURRY

To Myself, by W.S. Merwin

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 for 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 words but you are not
what they say you who are not
lost when I do not find you

Ok so what I get from this poem is that the narrator is doing some self-searching, hence the name "to myself," and the rest are observations that the narrator makes when looking. The narrator tells how he thinks he would recognize him self, like saying he thinks he knows who he is; then he says he remembers himself from long ago, and just a moment ago; I'm actually really confused about the air thing; and then he says he pretends to be time, because time is eternal, so like his memories are eternal, but his memories aren't eternal, but he is not lost just because his memories are last.

Thanks for reading,

Dustin Trembath