The fundamental theme of the poem lies in the premise of a child, a devotee, speaking to God. There is a level of purity present between the devotee asking questions of existence to God. In the metaphysical exchange between God and speaker, the poem's themes lie in the discussion of life and the experience of consciousness. Seeing that large issues emerge from this discussion, the theme is about the nature of existence. The last stanza might go far in this when God says that life and death are part of the same experience in consciousness: "Life is a prism of my light and death the shadow of my face." In this, the dualistic nature of life, creation and destruction, vitality and mortality seem to exist side by side and work in tandem with one another. The fundamental theme of the poem is the exploration of this dichotomy in the dialogue between devotee and God.
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