Where I am not afraid to go 1
I may confide my Flower－
Who was not Enemy of Me
Will gentle be, to Her.
Nor separate, Herself and Me 5
By Distances become－
A single Bloom we constitute
Departed, or at Home－
I may confide my Flower－
Who was not Enemy of Me
Will gentle be, to Her.
Nor separate, Herself and Me 5
By Distances become－
A single Bloom we constitute
Departed, or at Home－
(F.986/J.1037)
[1] Where I am not afraid to go: a place she might find friends.
[2] my Flower: her letter; her embellished writing. flower: an embellishment or ornament (of speech); a choice phrase (OED 6d).
[3] Who was not Enemy of Me: who was not her enemy, will treat her letter gently.
[4] Her: the letter she wrote.
[5] Not separate: her letter and herself are one.
[7] Bloom: a flourishing condition.
[8] Departed, or at Home: a letter mailed or stayed at home.
