Emily Dickinson

I HIDE myself within my flower,

That wearing on your breast,

You, unsuspecting, wear me too—

And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower,

That, fading from your vase,

You, unsuspecting, feel for me

Almost a loneliness.

I think through this poem, Emily Dickinson is talking about how she is a sort of recluse. Most of the time, she would stay in her house and not answer the door unless it was someone she knew well, and even then, she sometimes did not answer it. I also think that she refers to the vase as a sort of person of refuge. This vase person, obviously has started to drift away from her and now she is trying to explain the possible emotions that the person is feeling. This could also describe her emotions of the time after the person left her.  She was obviously close to this person and when they left she felt an emptiness in her life.