Now I am a lake...

Encountering with an English poem (of course, when English is not your mother tongue) , the first thing you should consider is to be brave and not afraid of reading it once and not understand it (though, you may know all the words in isolation). This is very usual in the case of poems, especially modern ones.

Have confidence and try to read the poem several times. Read it loud, again and again to finally get the idea that lies behind the words and phrases. I would be very excited when I discover the meaning of a difficult text after several efforts. It’s like finding the treasure chest in a dark cave.

Of course, this is not the ultimate meaning. The text continues in your mind and is reproduced whenever you read it.