panorama

the brain -- is wider than the sky --
for -- put them side by side --
the one the other will contain
with ease -- and you -- beside --

the brain is deeper than the sea --
for -- hold them -- blue to blue --
the one the other will absorb --
as sponges -- buckets -- do --

the brain is just the weight of god --
for -- heft them -- pound for pound --
and they will differ -- if they do --
as syllable from sound -- 

emily dickinson