"Clothes of sand have covered your face
given you meaning but taken my place"
Sand is a harsh material, used in sandblasting and sandpaper - products that strip away imperfections. His "clothes of sand" could be an allusion to his antidepressant meds, which were supposed to make him "better." I can also see a parallel to another harsh material, the hair shirt, which was worn against the skin as a penance.
"Does it now seem worth all the color of skies
to see the air through painted eyes
to look through panes of shaded glass
see the stains of winters grass"
This verse makes me think of the deadening of emotions caused by some antidepressants. He could be asking if the mental equilibrium is worth the loss of one's emotional and creative life.
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"Clothes of sand have covered your face given you meaning but taken my place"
Sand is a harsh material, used in sandblasting and sandpaper - products that strip away imperfections. His "clothes of sand" could be an allusion to his antidepressant meds, which were supposed to make him "better." I can also see a parallel to another harsh material, the hair shirt, which was worn against the skin as a penance.
"Does it now seem worth all the color of skies to see the air through painted eyes to look through panes of shaded glass see the stains of winters grass"
This verse makes me think of the deadening of emotions caused by some antidepressants. He could be asking if the mental equilibrium is worth the loss of one's emotional and creative life.