A Joyful Greeting

I’m not sure how to say it, but it’s true –
There’s a bright light shining over you and me.
I won’t keep it hidden, let it show:
There’s nothing brighter here below.

And if your spirit longs to say,
With joy, a simple, cheerful «Hey!»,
Then faith is winning, day by day,
Shielding us from pain and woe.

For we don’t rule this life we’re in,
Can’t change or break the fate we’re given.
We mend the crooked lines and turns
That have led us into strife and wars.

Moscow, 2015

Photo from the author’s archive.
Saint Petersburg, 2016.


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