Eternity

by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson — a poem card from Justes Mots

A spiritual journey toward eternity, using maritime imagery to frame death as a peaceful arrival at a safe harbor. The poem offers consolation through the vision of rest and completion after life's voyage. It provides comfort for those confronting mortality or loss.

On this wondrous sea,
Sailing silently,
Ho! pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar,
Where the storm is o'er?

In the silent west…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection · new-chapter