WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.980 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.980 --> 00:00:06.720 align:middle line:84% Next poem is a similar situation at least emotionally. 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:11.520 align:middle line:84% It's a poem spoken by a father to a son 00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:16.650 align:middle line:84% as the son is making ready to leave home. 00:00:16.650 --> 00:00:20.340 align:middle line:84% And I think you'll clearly be aware of a pattern 00:00:20.340 --> 00:00:24.270 align:middle line:90% of reframed pattern in the poem. 00:00:24.270 --> 00:00:27.780 align:middle line:84% To me it's an attempt to hold on to the moment 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:31.440 align:middle line:90% and to try to get it right. 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:33.900 align:middle line:84% Very often when we've been in a situation 00:00:33.900 --> 00:00:36.960 align:middle line:84% where we haven't said to someone else what we wanted 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.800 align:middle line:84% to say we think back on that and in our minds 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.630 align:middle line:84% we act it out over again hoping to find the right words. 00:00:45.630 --> 00:00:49.920 align:middle line:90% 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:52.630 align:middle line:84% I had a Mexican dinner and I'm paying for it now. 00:00:52.630 --> 00:00:59.260 align:middle line:90% 00:00:59.260 --> 00:01:01.110 align:middle line:90% "Departing Words to a Son." 00:01:01.110 --> 00:01:05.110 align:middle line:90% 00:01:05.110 --> 00:01:10.330 align:middle line:84% "We choose to say goodbye against our will. 00:01:10.330 --> 00:01:16.060 align:middle line:84% Home will take on stillness when you're gone, remember us 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:18.520 align:middle line:90% but don't dwell on the past. 00:01:18.520 --> 00:01:24.400 align:middle line:84% Here, wear this watch my father gave to me. 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.940 align:middle line:84% Home will take on stillness when you're gone. 00:01:27.940 --> 00:01:32.320 align:middle line:84% We'll leave your room as is at least for now. 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:37.420 align:middle line:84% Here, wear this watch my father gave to me. 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:42.340 align:middle line:84% His face dissolves within the whirling snow. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:47.080 align:middle line:84% We'll leave your room as is at least for now. 00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:51.310 align:middle line:84% I'll dust the model boats that sail your wall. 00:01:51.310 --> 00:01:55.750 align:middle line:84% His face dissolves within the whirling snow. 00:01:55.750 --> 00:02:00.370 align:middle line:84% It's hard to picture someone else's life. 00:02:00.370 --> 00:02:04.660 align:middle line:84% I'll dust the model boats that sail your wall. 00:02:04.660 --> 00:02:09.759 align:middle line:84% Don't lose the watch, the inside is engraved. 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:13.720 align:middle line:84% It's hard to picture someone else's life. 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:17.860 align:middle line:84% Your window's full of icicles again. 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:22.630 align:middle line:84% Don't lose the watch, the inside is engraved. 00:02:22.630 --> 00:02:27.010 align:middle line:84% A wedge of geese head somewhere out of sight. 00:02:27.010 --> 00:02:30.490 align:middle line:84% Your window's full of icicles again. 00:02:30.490 --> 00:02:34.810 align:middle line:84% Look how the icicles reflect the moon. 00:02:34.810 --> 00:02:38.920 align:middle line:84% A wedge of geese head somewhere out of sight. 00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:43.420 align:middle line:84% My father knew the distances we keep. 00:02:43.420 --> 00:02:47.290 align:middle line:84% Look how the icicles reflect the moon. 00:02:47.290 --> 00:02:52.210 align:middle line:84% The moonlight shimmers wave-like on your wall. 00:02:52.210 --> 00:02:56.260 align:middle line:84% My father knew the distances we keep. 00:02:56.260 --> 00:03:00.730 align:middle line:84% Your mother sometimes cries out in the night. 00:03:00.730 --> 00:03:04.660 align:middle line:84% The moonlight shimmers wave like on your wall. 00:03:04.660 --> 00:03:10.630 align:middle line:84% One June I dove too deep and nearly drowned. 00:03:10.630 --> 00:03:15.040 align:middle line:84% Your mother sometimes cries out in the night. 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:19.360 align:middle line:84% She dreams the windy snow has covered her. 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.460 align:middle line:84% One June I dove too deep and nearly drowned. 00:03:24.460 --> 00:03:29.620 align:middle line:84% She says she's watched me shudder in my sleep. 00:03:29.620 --> 00:03:33.700 align:middle line:84% She dreams the Windy snow has covered her. 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:39.520 align:middle line:84% She's heard your lost screen stretch across the snow. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:44.020 align:middle line:84% She says she's watched me shudder in my sleep. 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:48.850 align:middle line:84% We all conceive the loss of what we love. 00:03:48.850 --> 00:03:54.370 align:middle line:84% She's heard your lost scream stretch across the snow. 00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:59.470 align:middle line:84% My need for her clenched tighter at your birth. 00:03:59.470 --> 00:04:03.940 align:middle line:84% We all conceive the loss of what we love. 00:04:03.940 --> 00:04:08.950 align:middle line:84% Our love for you has given this house breath. 00:04:08.950 --> 00:04:13.300 align:middle line:84% My need for her clenched tighter at your birth. 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:17.680 align:middle line:84% Stillness deepens pulsing in our veins. 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.640 align:middle line:84% Our love for you has given this house breath. 00:04:21.640 --> 00:04:26.320 align:middle line:84% Someday you'll pass this watch on to your son. 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:30.430 align:middle line:84% Stillness deepens pulsing in our veins, 00:04:30.430 --> 00:04:35.020 align:middle line:84% my father's words still speak out from the watch. 00:04:35.020 --> 00:04:41.410 align:middle line:84% Someday you'll pass this watch on to your son repeating what 00:04:41.410 --> 00:04:44.530 align:middle line:90% the goldsmith has etched there. 00:04:44.530 --> 00:04:49.270 align:middle line:84% My father's words still speak out from the watch. 00:04:49.270 --> 00:04:54.460 align:middle line:84% As moonlit icicles drip on your sill repeating 00:04:54.460 --> 00:04:57.730 align:middle line:84% with the goldsmith has etched there, 00:04:57.730 --> 00:05:03.180 align:middle line:84% we choose to say goodbye against our will." 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:04.000 align:middle line:90%