Closed-It is, and there it lay

A Coffin-is a small Domain

by 

Emily Dickinson

A Coffin — is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In it diminished Plane.

A Grave — is a restricted Breadth —
Yet ampler than the Sun —
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon

To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend —
Circumference without Relief —
Or Estimate — or End —

Closed -It is, and there it lay

by 

Kamile DePriest

Closed-It is, and there it lay

The Departed it keeps-Still-at bay

Decaying only, lasting tranquility

Once Shut-ls lost in grey

Brittle White,cold lines divide

Slow tears-time has dried

Small demons- Click,Crawl, and Nibble away

Quiet-as the day subsides

Seasons pass-

But there-it lay

Eternity- in an Hourglass

Forever- it will Stay