Recalling Comments

This poem had a very specific effect on me. I read through it, and paused over the closing lines which puzzled me. THEN I realized the effect it had had - there is a multitude of beautiful things recalled in its lines, so many things, in other words, to be grateful for, so many things given outright, no strings attached, no recompense required. Just appreciation. As for those closing lines, I think now the reference to the East shows there are additional beauties in regions distant from our western world, and the reference to the subconscious shows they even extend into the psyche. EVER BEGIN THE PRAISE YOU CANNOT COMPLETE, wrote Rilke. Your poem does this.