My life closed twice, before its close [SSC8 Poetry Challenge]

********************************* Dedicated to Emily Dickinson, but this is ultimately a cry of the contemporary era. Original poem: My life closed twice before its close— It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me So huge, so hopeless to conceive As these that twice befell. Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. ********************************* [Intro - Cinematic Whisper] My life closed twice... before its close... I'm still here... waiting for the third... [Verse 1 - Modern Chamber Pop] First death was a dream— yeah, I said it was a dream but I woke up dead inside The garden gate slammed shut and I just... stood there watching the peonies turn to white watching the color drain from my own face I died there but I kept walking [Pre-Chorus - Building] Then came the second— not a dream this time not soft, not gentle something formal something... theatrical [Chorus 1 - Cinematic Anthem] Parting is all we know of heaven! (Heaven is just a door they closed on us!) Parting is all we need of hell! (Hell is knowing what we lost!) Parting is all we know of heaven! (To know you went somewhere I can't follow!) And all we need of hell! (Is to be left holding the weight!) [Verse 2 - Operatic Stylization / Formality / THEATRICAL CONSTRAINT] Second— the letter— Ink—dried—into—scar— Your name— became—tombstone— I—carried—in—mouth— Not—sickness—then— No—medicine—needed— [Organ: Sustained low drone] Just—formal—feeling— Like—stone— BUT I CAN'T LET GO! [Chorus 2 - Maximum Intensity Fusion] Parting is all we know of heaven! (It's just a door they closed!) Parting is all we need of hell! (What we lost! What we LOST!) [Bridge - Spoken Word Cinematic] And now... I wait for the third... the last... the unveiling... Immortality... you cold bride... what will you show me? I've already died twice! I've already paid the toll! Must I die a third time to prove I lived at all? [Final Chorus - Ultimate Catharsis] [Choir:] Parting! Parting! [Lead:] Is all we know! OF HEAVEN! [Choir:] Parting! Parting! [Lead:] Is all we need! OF HELL! We know of heaven... We need of hell... BUT I'M STILL HERE! I'M STILL BREATHING! Parting is... ALL! [Outro - Fading Necromantic] Before... its close... [Cello: Harmonic fades] My life... closed... twice... and that... was... enough...