'Love After Love' by Derek Walcott

A friend studying English Literature suggested the poem 'Love After Love' by Derek Walcott to me when I explained my predicament about now connecting with any poetry for the brief. It is one of her personal favourites, and it struck a significant chord with me also when I read it.

The time will come 
when, with elation 
you will greet yourself arriving 
at your own door, in your own mirror 
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
 
and say, sit here. Eat. 
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart t
o itself, to the stranger who has loved you 

all your life, whom you ignored 
for another, who knows you by heart. 
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, 

the photographs, the desperate notes, 
peel your own image from the mirror. 
Sit. Feast on your life. 

I have already begun to think of characters who could act as the protagonist, and the narration that might go along with a poem like this. 
I asked an open question to all my friends on my social networking sites if any musicians work well with composition, and if so, would they be interested in assisting me with the soundtrack for my piece. I received a few responses, one in particular was from my friend Chris who is a singer and plays guitar. He was eager to get involved, and so I showed him the poem and together we have agreed to come up with a mood and feel of the sounds to use. He will then compose a short piece with this direction.