6/2/10

pain

by Emily Dickinson

Pain has an element of blank;
It cannot recollect
When it began, or if there were
A day when it was not.

It has no future but itself,
Its infinite realms contain
Its past, enlightened to perceive
New periods of pain.


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4 comments:

  1. I ran across this poem while looking for one suitable for your birthday. This one obviously did NOT make the cut. Emily captures so much feeling with the simplest and shortest wording. Ouch.

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  2. such a great poem.
    i love emily dickinson!

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  3. love emily. I am not familiar with this poem but she always says it well.

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