The Possibility (Poetry Blog #11)

Wow, this poem is really pessimistic...but I guess it is interesting.

The general theme I got from the poem was the feeling of hopelessness and a tone of detachment or apathy. I was expecting a little glimpse of hope at the end...I guess not, but I think that is what made it unique.

I noticed that the flower is a recurring metaphor throughout the poem, so I think I'll just interpret the poem stanza by stanza.
1st Stanza- For some reason the first two lines he describes makes me feel as there is some sort of detachment, and that is why he has "lost the possibility of good."
2nd Stanza- He used to find beauty in the world, but now he sees nothing but a flower and there is no feelings towards it anymore.
3rd Stanza- This part was difficult for me to understand, but I think that the author is saying something that he should think but doesn't. Work is supposed to be good, but it isn't to him; maybe he doesn't like work because it makes him think. I interpreted the last to lines to elementary-ish words to help me understand it and it turned out like this- "Unless working was a way of wasting away me being alone." i still don't understand the point he was trying to make...
4th stanza- Being alone was good for awhile, and he thought it would get better, but he was wrong.
5th stanza- The first two lines of this, I think, are referring to the first lines of the poem, but are making the once beautiful comparisons to something ugly and overwhelming, the way he feels. The flower is no longer open to him, therefore, the possibility of him to see beauty again recedes, or passes.

Kind of sad. I'd like to know that if the poet really felt this way, that he'd have another possibility to be good and happy again.