Utopia - A poem

Utopia

Island where all becomes clear.
Solid ground beneath your feet.

The only roads are those that offer access.
Bushes bend beneath the weight of proofs.

The Tree of Valid Supposition grows here

with branches disentangled since time immemorial.

The Tree of Understanding,

dazzlingly straight and simple,

sprouts by the spring called Now I Get It.
The thicker the woods,

the vaster the vista:the Valley of Obviously.

If any doubts arise, the wind dispels them instantly.
Echoes stir unsummonedand eagerly explain all the secrets of the worlds.

On the right a cave where Meaning lies.
On the left the Lake of Deep Conviction.

Truth breaks from the bottom and bobs to the surface.
Unshakable Confidence towers over the valley.

Its peak offers an excellent view of the Essence of Things.
For all its charms, the island is uninhabited

and the faint footprints scattered on its beaches

turn without exception to the sea.
As if all you can do here is leave and plunge, never to return,

into the depths.
Into unfathomable life.

By Wislawa SzymborskaFrom "A large number", 1976Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

© Wislawa Szymborska, S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

Fann dear,I will try my best to interpret this facinating poem for you. It's just too well written.

I believe the author is describing a PERFECT life or world without any flaw in it. All complications and deep meanings, situation in life are at of their best form and in this perfect world, no one actually lives there because it is impossible to have this perfect world. And even if we do get the chance to live in this perfect world, we will still choose to walk away from it and challenge ourselves in the imperfect world which we live in.

I'm not sure whether I'm close to its real meaning but it's how I interpreted it. Please feel free to add your own personal views as I would like different opinions.