“Keeping Things Whole” – Strand

The wisdom of this poem answers the question of who we are with the uncertain. “Wherever I am / I am what is missing” examines that wherever we are, we are not somewhere else. This poem exemplifies the mass that is our bodies but the weightlessness of our soul as we keep ourselves whole. The poignancy of the movement aspect of this poem is alarming. “We all have reasons / for moving. / I move / to keep things whole” makes us see that each one of us has a different purpose that keeps us going. There has to be something in life that motivates us to get up in the morning, to breathe and to live. The author moves to keep things whole and keeping whole you keep yourself.