From the beginning Justice grabs the reader with a reference to death by saying "Learn to close softly / The doors of the rooms where they will not be / Where they will return" ( 2 -4). This tells the reader that no matter what, we are all human. As the poem continues, aging becomes the main idea but, in the last two stanzas, Justice once again shows us that death is coming; “Something fills them, something/ Which is like the twilight sound/ Of crickets, immense” (16-18). These lines seem to have a duel meaning. The “something” is aging itself, which in turn causes death. The “something” can also be the desperation that we as people feel knowing that death is coming. In any case, the lines of Justice symbolize the death and despair that everyone will know. Justice's use of symbolism could not have worked without the overall tone of his work. Throughout the poem, a sense of impending doom is evident. The reader can sense, from the images painted in his mind, the idea of ​​not returning to the "rooms", that aging and death go hand in hand. The menacing tone of Justice really makes the essence of this work a profound understanding of life and