For the Sleepwalkers

The first thing I noticed about this poem was the topic. Normally poets compare their topic to things like nature, a meaningful story, or basic things throughout life. I have never seen a poem related to sleepwalking or sleeping in general before. The fact that Hirsch does this makes the poem topic stick out to me even more. Hirsch talks about the fact the sleepwalkers are able to have so much trust in their bodies to get them from point A to point B without knowing it. He compares this idea to us as humans having to trust our hearts. Its weird to think that we don't always have 100% control over ourselves all the time. Sleepwalkers are able to explore an entire house and sometimes even the outside world without ever knowing it. I've never though of the aspect of sleepwalking before. Sometimes we have to learn to not always be in control and be okay with that. It doesn't mean that we let ourselves get hurt but we just don't have all the control all the time. Hirsch comparing sleepwalking to the human heart really gives a different view on the topic that I've never seen before.