It feels shorter; Tis Centuries

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each

It Feels shorter than the day

I first surmised the horses' heads

We were toward eternity.

These lines are from the poem "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson.

The speaker in the poem reflects on her own mortality and the passing of time.

The horses' heads symbolize the inevitability of death, and the fact that each century seems shorter than the day she first realized this suggests that time speeds up as we age and approach the end of our lives.

The poem invites the reader to reflect on the fleeting nature of life and the importance of living in the present moment.

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"I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!

They'd banish us, you know.