It is all in the mind, you say, and has
nothing to do with happiness. The coming of cold,
the coming of heat, the mind has all the time in the world.
You take my arm and say something will happen,
something unusual for which we were always prepared,
like the sun arriving after a day in Asia,
like the moon departing after a night with us.
Whats interesting about this poem is it has nothing to do with Strand's thoughts, it is based only on his significant other. Obviously this person is so important within the speakers life that he trusts them with his entire being, his entire state of mind allowing them to "take my arm and say something will happen". There is a sense of isolation in the couple, within the last line it refers to the moon spending a "night with us", as if the moon is there only for them. They seem to be living in their own world, making up their own rules and basing things off each other. The speaker uses repetition a few times almost in a soothing nature. The speaker's significant other tends to use two examples of use, as to illustrate her point in a evidential way.
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