Poems by Emily Dickinson: XVI ("What if I say?")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
The Lost Jewel

XVI

What if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me, — that 's enough, —
And wade in liberty?
They cannot take us any more, —
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me,
As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a travelling show,
Or who died yesterday!
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