Original artwork, not a still
I Am to My Own Heart Merely a Serf
I am to my own heart merely a serf And follow humbly as it glides with autos And come attentive when it is too sick, In the bad cold of sorrow much too weak, To drink some coffee, light a cigarette And think of summer beaches, blue and gay.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker imagines being a servant to their own heart, following its movements and attending to it when sorrow leaves it weak. Coffee, cigarettes and bright summer beaches become pleasures the heart is too ill to enjoy. The personification makes emotional suffering something that requires patient care.
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