I?
I walk alone;
The midnight street
Spins itself from under my feet;
When my eyes shut
These dreaming houses all snuff out;
Through a whim of mine
Over gables the moon’s celestial onion
Hangs high.

I
Make houses shrink
And trees diminish
By going far; my look’s leash
Dangles the puppet-people
Who, unaware how they dwindle,
Laugh, kiss, get drunk,
Nor guess that if I choose to blink
They die.

I
When in good humor,
Give grass its green
Blazon sky blue, and endow the sun
With gold;
Yet, in my wintriest moods, I hold
Absolute power
To boycott any color and forbid any flower
To be.

I
Know you appear
Vivid at my side,
Denying you sprang out of my head,
Claiming you feel
Love fiery enough to prove flesh real,
Though it’s quite clear
All you beauty, all your wit, is a gift, my dear,
From me.

In this poem, the speaker talks about their unique perspective and power. They claim to walk alone and describe how the world around them is shaped by their thoughts. When they close their eyes, the imagined houses disappear. The speaker has the ability to make things smaller or larger just by thinking about it.

The second part of the poem talks about the speaker’s influence over people and nature. They make houses shrink and trees get smaller by simply looking at them. The people in their imagination, like puppets, continue their activities without realizing they are being controlled. The speaker even suggests that if they decide to blink, these imagined people could cease to exist.

The third part highlights the speaker’s mood affecting the colors of nature. When they are in a good mood, they make the grass green, the sky blue, and add gold to the sun. However, in their saddest moments, they claim to have absolute power to remove any color or forbid any flower from existing.

In the final part, the speaker addresses someone who denies being a creation of the speaker’s imagination. Despite claims of real love, the speaker insists that everything about this person—beauty and wit—is a gift from the speaker’s own mind. The poem explores themes of control, imagination, and the speaker’s perception of reality.