As if to reject my thought and its easy figure . And then she is at it again with a bunched clamor 15 Of strokes, and again is silent. Beating a smooth course for the right window 30 And clearing the sill of the world. Writing itself is a form of journey. It also suggests that writing involves carrying along the heavy burden of one's past, etc.
Writing seems to be intertwined with the daughter's life passage.
There is an element of risk in both. It's too easy, too simple, too predictable. For the bird, the flight is away from, literally, the world. For this girl, though, the act of writing and growing up are interrelated. He remembers how filled with importance and risk the act of writing entails.