The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
This implies that within the split person, the confident, self-respecting one has been forgotten, overtaken by the part that has been damaged. The strong person has become the ‘stranger’ within.
Love After Love