Each Scar I'll keep for Him
Instead I'll say of Gem
In His long Absence worn
A Costlier one

But every Tear I bore
Were He to count them o'er
His own would fall so more
I'll mis sum them.

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 877. Each Scar I'll keep for Him
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: May 10 2009

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