Deep in Silence

The Soul selects her own Society -

Then - shuts the Door -

To her divine Majority -

Present no more -



Unmoved - she notes the Chariots - pausing

At her low Gate -

Unmoved - an Emperor be kneeling

Upon her Mat -



I've known her - from an ample nation -

Choose One -

Then - close the Valves of her attention -

Like Stone -



                     Emily Dickinson