You left me — Sire — two Legacies —
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of —
You left me Boundaries of Pain —
Capacious as the Sea —
Between Eternity and Time —
Your Consciousness — and Me —
(Emily Dickinson)
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