UNDERSTANDING (To the Brother of Maris)
Reading edition
Maris of the golden eyes, You in all innocence Looked upon a lovely world In wondering shyness. Beauty beckoned, Then turned the corner of another day Leaving in her stead An unknown one, The stranger to light. Maris of the saddened eyes, In your pity, Looking from another world Have compassion on beauty Who thoughtlessly turned away, Leaving another in her place The stranger to light.