Myself To Keep Poem by Kurt Philip Behm
Myself To Keep
Social Distancing not so strange,
I've been doing it for years
The world a feelings length away,
old lovers left in tears
I shared what I shared early,
with my short pants not yet off
Trusting in my family first,
I learned—but Oh the cost
For fifty years I've cloistered,
my psyche left to roam
Acquaintances to come and go,
true feelings mine to own
As harbormaster of this port,
one ship is anchored deep
To sail the inmost seven seas
alone—myself to keep
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April,2020)
I also agree with what Mahtab has said below. I myself have spent most of my life being alone and enjoying my own company. Yet there are times I would some of my family just to simply pick up the phone and call to see if I'm alive and doing well. Thank you for sharing this poem.
almost all poets, scientists, thinkers ...of the world probably spend life time in self distance home quarantines
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/19/2024 5:27:24 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Great poem that you have written here Kurt..