Quotes from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman

“ I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab.”

This quote is stating that people should live in the present. They should focus on the things and people that are in their life at that time, instead of wandering what will happen in the future, or worrying about the things in the past. The part of the quote that says, “ I wait on the door-slab” is indicating the past the present and the future. The things behind you are the things in the past the world outside and in front on you is the future and finally, the small space in between the past and future is the present.

“ I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”

This quote is saying that when people die even though their body is not alive they are still apart of the earth, and are still there with you. When someone dies and is buried their body becomes apart of the soil and the grass in the earth. That is why the quote says, “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” That person may not be walking around but they are still very much with you.