You left me – Sire – two Legacies by Emily Dickinson

You left me – Sire – two Legacies –
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of –

You left me Boundaries of Pain –
Capacious as the Sea –
Between Eternity and Time –
Your Consciousness – and me –

More from Emily Dickinson:

• There’s a certain Slant of light
• They shut me up in Prose
• This World is not Conclusion
• To fight aloud is very brave
• Wild nights – Wild nights!
• The Props assist the House