Poets | Bookstore | Poem of the Day | Top 40 | Search | Comments | Privacy
May 18th, 2013 - we have 234 poets, 8,025 poems and 56,671 comments.
Emily Dickinson - It troubled me as once I was --

It troubled me as once I was --
For I was once a Child --
Concluding how an Atom -- fell --
And yet the Heavens -- held --

The Heavens weighed the most -- by far --
Yet Blue -- and solid -- stood --
Without a Bolt -- that I could prove --
Would Giants -- understand?

Life set me larger -- problems --
Some I shall keep -- to solve
Till Algebra is easier --
Or simpler proved -- above --

Then -- too -- be comprehended --
What sorer -- puzzled me --
Why Heaven did not break away --
And tumble -- Blue -- on me --

Share |

Added: Jan 9 2004 | Viewed: 3848 times | Comments and analysis of It troubled me as once I was -- by Emily Dickinson Comments (1)

It troubled me as once I was -- - Comments and Information

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 600. It troubled me as once I was --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Oct 22 2012

Comment 1 of 1, added on October 22nd, 2012 at 3:20 AM.
comment

To Emily:
O, sweetest Emily,
Why trouble there should be
I, like you, once was a child
And the heavens were in me
Inside I felt a world
Of men and cars and trees
And birds crossing the sees
All tumbling inside me;
The fears need not be proved
And turned to agony.
As I bolted into that world
That once was inside me
Saw my heaven and yours
It lurks outside and pours
So sleep my Emily
The dream in you and me.
Altair Laahad (All Rights Reserved)


AltairLaahad

Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, It troubled me as once I was --, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

Poem Info

Dickinson Info
Copyright © 2000-2012 Gunnar Bengtsson. All Rights Reserved. Links | Bookstore