This poem depicts the speaker's journey through the many phases and emotions associated with overcoming the loss of a relationship. We can observe by evaluating each stanza that each one symbolizes a shift in feeling and a distinct stage in the speaker's recovery. The first three stanzas describe how initially the speaker felt devastated by the loss and incapable of moving on. But over time she learns to deal with her grief and move forward. The last three lines of the poem serve as a summary of the entire poem: "And now I live my life from day to day / Trying not to think about what could have been / And for sure there will never be another man/Or woman either." The speaker has come to terms with the fact that Dionne Brand was only able to love one person at a time and that it is important to live your life daily. Dionne Brand died on January 4, 1980 after a two-year battle with cancer. She was only 39 years old. This poem is included in this collection because it represents one woman's journey through grief. By reading only this excerpt, you would get the impression that all things are fine now that the speaker has moved on from her loss. But actually, she still misses Dionne very much and lives each day trying not to think about her.