We come to each other
exactly at the center,
the spine of ample fire, and suffer
to be revised.Stay with me.

Weren't we promised
the sheer flame, bright change
so clean even our clothes wouldn't smell of smoke,
not one hair of our heads would be singed?
Yet, just now, didn't the tongues slip
loose and hot about my neck?
Stay close now.

The sound is like a rustling coming from chambers.
someone sifting through thousands
of pages, the histories of rapture,
looking for a happy ending.
he sound is like the sea,
which is very far away.
Are you scared?

There are many things
which are far from us now.
Try to recall a few of them:
the iron in the bath water
that made you taste of rust.
The rabbit screaming in the night,
its innards strewn

on the stoop like prophesy.
Can you hear me? Say something.
Tell me what you remember of our life.
The torn dress you threw away,
a piece of which I rescued and used as a scarf.
Are you still with me? Say something.
Does this hurt very much? Are you here?

Li-Young Lee

The voice of the peom seems to be upset yet calm. It also seems like he doesn't understand why certain things are the way the are so he questions these things. The tone is a bit cynnical towards the subject he is questioning, thats why i feel like the poet is upset. Its like he is thinking of a memory that causes him some pain. Like the line "Tell me what you remember of our life" and the lines "The torn dress you threw away", "a piece of which i rescued and used as a scarf, and "are you still with me? Say something. These lines seem to be a part of a memory. The lines that make him seem upset are "There are many things", "which are far from us now", "the iron in the bathwater", "that made you taste of rust. I think that these lines indicate that he is upset with a certain person that have created memories.