Borrowed time - “Borrowed Time”
The motif of ‘borrowed time’ surmises that the probability of surviving incessantly is nil. Fainlight explicates, “because we're living/on borrowed time. But borrowed/from whom? Maybe the moon-" Fainlight may not be certain about the proprietor of time who advances it humans. Nevertheless, she is convinced that living to infinity is out of the question because the titleholder of time would not permit a boundless existence.
Ageing -“Ageing”
Fainlight tolerates her aging for it has made her wise. She explains, Now that I'm really old/there seems little left to say./Pointless to bewail/the decline, bodily and mental;/undignified; boring/not to me only but everyone,/and ridiculous to celebrate/the wisdom supposedly gained/simply by staying alive.” Elegant aging is venerable for it means that one has accumulated satisfactory astuteness throughout his/ her being. Therefore, aging is representational of the accrual of wisdom. If one ages without attaining any wisdom, then that individual’s life would be immaterial.
The Storm - “The Storm”
The storm compounds anguish. Fainlight recalls, “Instead of a struggle with grief,/we were fighting the weather,/reduced to the ludicrous; instead of prayer,.” The storm transpired during a entombment obliging the attendants to find shelter instead of engrossing in the ceremony. The disturbance triggered by the storm is parallel to the emotional chaos from the loss occasioned by the addressee’s demise.
