JUST LOST, WHEN I WAS SAVED!
Just lost, when I was saved!
Just felt the world go by!
Just girt me for the onset with Eternity,
When breath blew back,
An on the other side
I heard recede the disapointed tide!
Therefore, as One returned, I feel
Odd secrets of the line to tell!
Some sailor, skirting foreing shores-
Some pale Reporter, from the awful doors
Before the Seal!
Next time, to stay!
Next time the things to see
By Ear unheard,
Unscrutinized by Eye-
Next time, to tarry,
While the Ages steal-
Slow tramp the Centuries,
And the Cycles wheel!
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Nahui*