Once Like a Spark

Once Like a Spark - meaning Summary

Connection Ignites Identity

The poem presents a brief meditation on the transformative encounter between strangers. A meeting is portrayed as the origin of life’s awareness, stripping away social roles like rich or poor and moral labels like kind or cruel. In mutual contact the separate selves become honestly and wholly present, creating a lasting union. The closing phrase gestures toward an ambiguous movement beyond that union into darkness or unknown.