Is It Too Late to Touch You, Dear?

Is It Too Late to Touch You, Dear? - meaning Summary

Urgent Questioning of Love

The speaker urgently asks whether it is too late to reach the beloved, then asserts a shared, present knowing. The poem names love in three registers—marine, terrene, celestial—suggesting physical, earthly, and spiritual dimensions. Rather than narrating a sequence, it stages a single moment of questioning that affirms love’s breadth while still testing whether touch and connection remain possible now.