There are three elements of life - past, present and future. Our life oscillate between past memories and future projections. At times, we miss people and at times, we want to forget. At times, we look forward to a new life; at times we are happy to be in present.
A poem I read and would like to post on my blog written by Emily Dickinson:
A poem I read and would like to post on my blog written by Emily Dickinson:
Let us Play Yesterday
by: Emily Dickinson
Let Us play Yesterday –
I — the Girl at school –
You — and Eternity — the
Untold Tale –
I — the Girl at school –
You — and Eternity — the
Untold Tale –
Easing my famine
At my Lexicon –
Logarithm — had I — for Drink –
‘Twas a dry Wine –
At my Lexicon –
Logarithm — had I — for Drink –
‘Twas a dry Wine –
Somewhat different — must be –
Dreams tint the Sleep –
Cunning Reds of Morning
Make the Blind — leap –
Dreams tint the Sleep –
Cunning Reds of Morning
Make the Blind — leap –
Still at the Egg-life –
Chafing the Shell –
When you troubled the Ellipse –
And the Bird fell –
Chafing the Shell –
When you troubled the Ellipse –
And the Bird fell –
Manacles be dim — they say –
To the new Free –
Liberty — Commoner –
Never could — to me –
To the new Free –
Liberty — Commoner –
Never could — to me –
‘Twas my last gratitude
When I slept — at night –
‘Twas the first Miracle
Let in — with Light –
When I slept — at night –
‘Twas the first Miracle
Let in — with Light –
Can the Lark resume the Shell –
Easier — for the Sky –
Wouldn’t Bonds hurt more
Than Yesterday?
Easier — for the Sky –
Wouldn’t Bonds hurt more
Than Yesterday?
Wouldn’t Dungeons sorer frate
On the Man — free –
Just long enough to taste –
Then — doomed new –
On the Man — free –
Just long enough to taste –
Then — doomed new –
God of the Manacle
As of the Free –
Take not my Liberty
Away from Me –
As of the Free –
Take not my Liberty
Away from Me –
