The Gardener 51: Then Finish the Last Song
The Gardener 51: Then Finish the Last Song - meaning Summary
Farewell to Unattainable Love
The poem expresses a resigned farewell after an intimate but unfulfilled encounter. The speaker urges ending the final song and abandoning the night, admitting longing cannot seize the beloved. Physical reaching yields only emptiness and emotional bruising. The tone mixes acceptance and pain, presenting desire as fleeting and unrecoverable; the closing image emphasizes that attempts to hold a dream turn into self-inflicted hurt rather than consolation.
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