Living
Pain has an element of blank
Living
Pain has an element of blank;
It cannot recollect
When it began, or if there were
A day when it was not.
It has no future but itself,
Its infinite realms contain
Its past, enlightened to perceive
New periods of pain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Pain has an element of blank.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/18/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Pain has an element of blank.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/18/.
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