650 <br /> <br />Pain—has an Element of Blank— <br />It cannot recollect <br />When it begun—or if there were <br />A time when it was not— <br /> <br />It has no Future—but itself— <br />Its Infinite contain <br />Its Past—enlightened to perceive <br />New Periods—of Pain.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pain-mdash-has-an-element-of-blank/