NOW I KNOW

Before I came

I knew not why

and yet I knew there was a reason

 

Beneath a blue Ukrainian sky

I found chestnuts

not yet in season

 

I crossed the Dniepr

I crossed the bridge

One life became another

 

My brother, my father,

My friend and my soul,

Much more than simply a lover

 

Before I came 

I knew not why

And yet I knew there was a reason

 

Now I’m here

And now I know,

It’s you who are my reason.