Fairwell

Fairwell - meaning Summary

A Balcony as Witness

This brief poem imagines a speaker asking that their balcony be left open after death so ordinary life — a child eating oranges, a reaper harvesting wheat — can continue to be seen and heard. It frames death not as an ending but as a desire for ongoing connection with everyday scenes and rhythms. The balcony becomes a threshold where presence persists through sensory impressions of the living world.