after Vorgefuhl
Rainer Maria Rilke

1.

me a flag to be the wind to
hesitate top a pole: the
burliness under me some
swirl I anticipate

I know what to expect so
roll into myself to be
dislodged and me

2.

my flutters atop
the situation my
flutters poled and the wind
disturbs nothing below

so I know the storms and am aroused to be
the sea to roll and unwind to be
a cloth whirled round my eyes