A Doubt if it be Us…
by benignjamin
A doubt if it be Us
Assists the staggering Mind
In an extremer Anguish
Until it footing find.
An Unreality is lent,
A merciful Mirage
That makes the living possible
While it suspends the lives.
—Emily Dickinson
I used to have a book of Dickinson’s work but I gave it away as a gift to someone I thought would treasure it more than I could. I miss that book.
I would miss that too.
She was an introvert and eccentric who never left her room. Therefore all her friendships were carried out by correspondence… So it Goes…