"Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead"

"He's ready. I am not. I can't
just say good-bye as cheerfully"

I kind of liked this poem.  I felt like it was pretty easy to understand.  I think there is a conflict of beliefs between the father and the son as shown in the quote above.  The father believes in the after life and is okay with dying.  The son, on the other hand, does not believe in the after life and wants to spend time with his father now.  The father is at ease with dying because he believes he will have more time with his son in the after life.