This art song borrows its text from a poem by Emily Dickinson of the same name. The poem's narrator describes experiencing death multiple times, once through heartbreak, and a second time through the physical passing of oneself. This piece features two distinct sections with contrasting meters, harmonies, and melodies to symbolize these two lives Dickinson writes about.

My life closed twice before its closed was awarded Honorable Mention in the National Association for Music Education’s Student Composers Competition in 2022.

This piece was premiered in December 2021 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia by James Nicholson and Stephen Coxe.