Emily Dickinson

Remorse – is Memory awake – Her Parties all astir – A presence of Departed Acts At window and at Door –

The Sun went down – He drew the Day Like a Head scarf back – And left the West in Crimsons wrapped –

The only Ghost I ever saw Was an old fashioned one – Dressed in the air – of a long time Ago – and of a love –

The Spider holds a Silver Ball In honor of the Dew – The Gnat's enamored of the Stone – And dances in the Air –

Dying is a wild Night and a New Road.

My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In Corners – till a Day The Owner passed – identified – And carried Me away –

The first Day's Night had come – And grateful for the Lawn The trees that made an Avenue And Work – put up – till Dawn –

The Tint I cannot take – is best – The Color I can own – Is poorest – Doubtless I am still Too near the Sun –

The only Port I ever knew Is that which leads to Thee – The only Land I ever saw Is in Thy Memory –

To hang our head – ostensibly – And hide our Eyes – and weep – Is but a Ruse – to make our Pain The more acute – and deep –

The Wind – tapped like a tired Man – And like a Host – 'Come in' I boldly answered – entered then – My Residence within –

The grave and I, we mutually, As long as under ground, Shall make a compact, solemnly, To be forever bound.

I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Windows – Superior – for Doors –

The Zeroes – taught us – Phosphorus – We learned by their Delay – The Moon – and Sun – our lesson gave – Of Caverned Yesterday –

To be alive – is Power – Existence – in itself – Without a further Function – Omnipotence – Enough –

The only Balm for Woe Is Labor – and the Balm for Labor – Woe –

The Mind lives on the Heart – as on a Page – The Heart lives on the Mind – as on a Book –

The one thing that can't be taken from us is our freedom to choose how we will react to whatever we are given.

To make a Prairie it takes a Clover and one Bee, And Revery. The Revery alone will do, If Bees are few.

I tie my Hat – I crease my Shawl – Life's little duties, now, as then –