by Emily Dickinson
358
If any sink, assure that this, now standing-
Failed like Themselves-and conscious that it rose-
Grew by the Fact, and not the Understanding
How Weakness passed-or Force-arose-
Tell that the Worst, is easy in a Moment-
Dread, but the Whizzing, before the Ball-
When the Ball enters, enters Silence-
Dying-annuls the power to kill.
Last updated June 21, 2015