To Anybody At All

I didn't want you cosy and neat and limited.
I didn't want you to be understandable,
Understood.
I wanted you to stay mad and limitless,
Neither bound to me nor bound to anyone else's or your own preconceived idea of yourself.

Margaret Tait (1918-1999)

I came across this in Antonia Fraser's anthology of Scottish verse. Ali Smith has written about Margaret Tait here.