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Emily Dickinson (Hanson)

You ask of my companions, Sir,
hills and the sundown and a dog
who strolls along with me
in woods and fields thick with fog.

I do not cross my father’s ground
to any house or any town.
My friendships are in letters, Sir,
for this is what I most prefer.

Chorus:
Open me carefully,
for I am only stardust.
And, you are the wind that rocked the grass.
And, you are the one who
brought down all the leaves,
and blew straight through this cotton dress
with the buttons on the sleeves.

Upstairs in my corner room,
I have a table with a drawer.
Here I write of life and death
while all around us is the War.

I’ve tended flowers all my life
and pressed them in this heavy book
and labeled each with Latin names—
these plants that grow beside the brook.

Chorus:
Open me carefully,
for I am only stardust.
And, you are the wind that rocked the grass.
And, you are the one who
brought down all the leaves,
and blew straight through this cotton dress
with the buttons on the sleeves.

I’ve had a threat I've told to none
and withered from its bitter wrath,
so I’ve written down my final wish—
the clothes, the flowers, and the path.

First, place me in this cotton dress.
Then, lace my neck with violets.
Circle ‘round the garden gate.
These friends I leave are my estate.

Chorus:
Open me carefully,
for I am only stardust.
And, you are the wind that rocked the grass.
And, you are the one who
brought down all the leaves,
and blew straight through this cotton dress
with the buttons on the sleeves.

Chorus:
Open me carefully,
for I am only stardust.
And, you are the wind that rocked the grass.
And, you are the one who
brought down all the leaves,
and blew straight through this cotton dress
with the buttons on the sleeves.