When you understand that your poem is good
You do not understand there is nothing there.
When you know that you have to stop,
You do not know that you have to continue.
You see there is no response to your writings,
But you cannot see the people reading them.
You know that your feelings and images are genuine,
But you do not understand the others do not see it this way.
You see your books do not sell,
But you cannot know whether they will sell in the future.
Finally, when you see them sell,
This is an undeniable fact.
Florida, 23 September 2013
(Translation from Russian original: http://stihi.ru/2013/09/22/10382)