My life closed twice before its close

Emily Dickinson

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1732

My life closed twice before its close—
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

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  • bookerschoenheim

    Wow, just stumbled upon "My life closed twice before its close" again. Read it as a kid and it's still just as bewitching.