"It was not death, for I stood up,
And all the dead, lie down-
It was not Night, for all the Bells
Put out their Tongues, for Noon.
It was not Frost, for on my Flesh
I felt Siroccos - crawl -
Nor Fire - for just my Marble feet
Could keep a Chancel, cool -
And yet, it tasted, like them all
The figures I have seen
Set orderly, for Burial,
Reminded me, of mine -
As if my life were shaven,
And fitted to a frame,
And could not breathe without a key,
And 'twas like Midnight, some -
When everything that ticked - has stopped -
And space stares all around -
Or Grisly frosts - first Autumn morns,
Repeal the Beating Ground -
But most, like chaos - Stopless - cool -
Without a Chance, or Spar -
Or even a Report of Land -
To justify - Despair"
~Emily Dickinson~
