"He's ready. I am not."
In this poem, the speaker is talking about his dad, saying that he is near death. The quote above is a key point in the theme of the poem. The father is ready to die and move on, but the speaker is not ready for him to die at all. The father is a strong believer in the afterlife. He has "an itch to see new worlds" and "in the sureness of his faith" and "he thinks that when I follow him" are examples of the father's belief in life after death. The speaker on the other hand is not so sure that this is the case. In fact, the speaker is not really sure about anything. The tone of the poem is somber and subdued with not much energy. It seems like the speaker hopes that his father is right, but at this point he just can't bring himself to believe that he will ever see his father again.
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