A Great Man Fell

A mix from Emily Dickenson's A great Hope fell.

A Great Man Fell

By: Olivia Collins

A great man fell

You heard much noise

It was in the kitchen

What a wreck that told a tale

The witnesses laughed within

 

The man was built with much weight

And needed a hand

To get out of the sea

Of pots and pans

 

He let them laugh at his wound

Until it grew so wide

That he began to grow mad

And he just wanted to hide

 

When he fell to the simple floor

That welcomed such shade from sun

Until it cracked under such tax

Perpetual to fall down--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A great Hope fell

By: Emily Dickinson

A great Hope fell

You heard no noise

The Ruin was within

Oh cunning wreck that told no tale

And let no Witness in

 

The mind was built for mighty Freight

For dread occasion planned

How often foundering at Sea

Ostensibly, on Land

 

A not admitting of the wound

Until it grew so wide

That all my Life had entered it

And there were troughs beside

 

A closing of the simple lid

That opened to the sun

Until the tender Carpenter

Perpetual nail it down --

Author's Note

This is not ment to make fun of Emily Dickson or her work. Just a sort of interpretation, kind of.