What does When You Come by Maya Angelou?

Answer 1

When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I CRY.

I think it means that a long ago love appears to her either in her day or night dreams--or maybe even in real life--and conjures up memories of their too fleeting time together....of shared time and kisses and words between just the two of them... and the power of those memories breaks her heart.

Answer 2

"When You Come" by Maya Angelou is a poem that captures the speaker's feelings of anticipation and longing for the return of a loved one. The poem conveys a sense of yearning and hope for the joyous moment when the loved one finally comes back. Angelou's powerful imagery and emotions in the poem evoke the deep connection between the speaker and the person they are waiting for.