It is enough for me by day
To walk the same bright earth with him;
Enough that over us by night
The same great roof of stars is dim.
I have no care to bind the wind
Or set a fetter on the sea—
It is enough to feel his love
Blow by like music over me.
Love Poem by Sara Teasdale
Meaning of the Poem ‘Enough’ by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale’s ‘Enough’ is a quiet, graceful meditation on contentment in love, celebrating the joy of simply existing alongside the beloved. The speaker expresses no need to possess, control, or define love; instead, it is enough just to share the same world and feel love’s presence like a passing breeze or music in the air.
Using imagery of nature – the earth, stars, wind, and sea – Teasdale emphasises love’s beauty in its freedom and subtlety. The poem reflects a mature, serene form of love: one that doesn’t demand more than what is freely given and finds fulfilment in presence rather than possession.
