In Spite of Everything
in spite of everything which breathes and moves,since Doom (with white longest hands neatening each crease) will smooth entirely our minds -before leaving my room i turn,and(stooping through the morning)kiss this pillow,dear where our heads lived and were.
love
death
free verse
melancholic
intimate
In Spite of Everything - meaning Summary
Affirming Intimacy Against Doom
The poem confronts mortality with a quiet, intimate act. The speaker acknowledges an inevitable Doom that will erase distinctions and 'smooth' minds, yet responds not with despair but tenderness. By pausing to kiss a pillow that held shared heads, the speaker affirms human closeness and memory against annihilation. The gesture is small but deliberate, a reclaiming of love and ordinary domestic intimacy in the face of universal erasure.
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