Days that cannot bring you near
Or will not,
Distance trying to appear
Something more obstinate,
Argue argue argue with me
Endlessly
Neither proving you less wanted nor less dear.
Distance: Remember all that land
Beneath the plane;
That coastline
Of dim beaches deep in sand
Stretching indistinguishably
All the way,
All the way to where my reasons end?
Bishop loves to bring up beaches in her poetry. They are a liminal state, between water and land, which she loves to explore.
Argument