I felt a Cleaving in my Mind— by Emily Dickinson
I had one more poem from Alias Grace, but I didn’t post it before because there was also another one by Emily Dickinson. It’s quite appropriate for a book about someone who was presumed mentally ill, and who may in fact have had multiple personality disorder.
I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—
By Emily Dickinson
I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—
As if my Brain had split—
I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—
But could not make it fit.
The thought behind, I strove to join
Unto the thought before—
But Sequence ravelled out of Sound
Like Balls—upon a Floor.
