Which is best? Heaven —

Which is best? Heaven —
Or only Heaven to come
With that old Codicil of Doubt?
I cannot help esteem

The “Bird within the Hand”
Superior to the one
The “Bush” may yield me
Or may not
Too late to choose again.

Emily Dickinson

Old proverb about “a bird in the hand”

Which is best?
Heaven or future Heaven
With uncertain attachment?
I cannot help regard

The “Bird within the Hand”
Highlier than the one
The “Bush” may yield me
Or may not. But it is
Too late to choose again.