Like Smoke in the Room You Are Out of View
Like Smoke in the Room You Are Out of View - meaning Summary
Absence as Quiet Presence
This poem addresses an absent beloved whose presence persists like smoke and quiet nourishment. The speaker mixes everyday images (oatmeal, sand, grass) with spiritual language (holy truth, churches) to suggest that small, domestic traces carry sacred significance. The world registers the beloved’s influence in subtle marks on memory and landscape, while the poem values humility and fading zeal as a tender, even beautiful, response to loss and devotion.
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