Understanding

“Art defector” by Polpolux !!!,
Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial” licence.

“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
– Carl Jung

Understanding

I understood the rest too well,
And all their thoughts have come to be
Clear as grey sea-weed in the swell
Of a sunny shallow sea.

But you I never understood,
Your spirit’s secret hides like gold
Sunk in a Spanish galleon
Ages ago in waters cold.

– Sarah Teasdale