How the Waters Closed Above Him


Christian Skredsvig
Boy With the Willow Flute

How the Waters Closed Above Him

How the Waters closed above Him
We shall never know --
How He stretched His Anguish to us
That -- is covered too --

Spreads the Pond Her Base of Lilies
Bold above the Boy
Whose unclaimed Hat and Jacket
Sum the History –

~ Emily Dickinson ~