# 451: Australia Poetry — “You Want It All”
Mar 4, 2023
Poem
The following poem was inspired by a dialogue between Karen (Meryl Streep) and Denys (Robert Redford) in the movie Out of Africa.
Thought you never wanted anything,
I was wrong,
You want it all,
You never learned
That some things are worth having
But they have a price.
“Don’t do that,
I never asked you to.
I am not limiting your freedom.”
Yes, you do.
I want someone of my own.
I need you.
“No, you don’t.
Don’t say that.”
Yes, I do.
“You have no idea
What that language does to me.”
Stay somewhere else.
“Fine.”
“You’ve ruined it for me.”
What?
“Being alone.”