I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life.
Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel.
Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.