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 —
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 —
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I believe that she is talking about god who left her with two legacies the legacy of love and pain
this beautiful…she caould be talking about mortal lover but I think she was taking aout God and Jesus and so on… Jesus Christ and His life for us.
this is my all-time favorite poem. Nothing compares when discussing the pain of love. So true and so able to be related to. Dickinson was amazing x3