"Elegy for my Father, Who Is Not Dead"

"Elegy for my Father, Who Is Not Dead"  by Andrew Hudgins was a bit of a depressing poem.  "He's ready."  This line meant that her father was ready to die and go to Heaven.  Possibly he was very ill, and he just wanted to end his pain.  However, it could have also been because he was going through a depression or something.  Also, the poet writes "world beyond this world," which I took as meaning Heaven.  "He's ready.  I am not."  This shows again that the dad is ready to die.  However, the daughter does not want her dad to die!