✨ [if I can stop one heart from breaking]

If I can ease one life...

VI.

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

—Emily Dickinson

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“VI. [if I can stop one heart from breaking]” by Emily Dickinson is in the public domain. Photo by Thula Na, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.