Let Us Play Yesterday

Let Us play Yesterday – I – the Girl at school – You – and Eternity – the Untold Tale – Easing my famine At my Lexicon – Logarithm – had I – for Drink – 'Twas a dry Wine – Somewhat different – must be – Dreams tint the Sleep – Cunning Reds of Morning Make the Blind – leap – Still at the Egg-life – Chafing the Shell – When you troubled the Ellipse – And the Bird fell – Manacles be dim – they say – To the new Free – Liberty – Commoner – Never could – to me – "Twas my last gratitude When I slept – at night – 'Twas the first Miracle Let in – with Light – Can the Lark resume the Shell – Easier – for the Sky – Wouldn't Bonds hurt more Than Yesterday? Wouldn't Dungeons sorer grate On the Man – free – Just long enough to taste – Then – doomed new – God of the Manacle As of the Free – 'Take not my Liberty Away from Me – /// Emily Dickinson