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Thomas
Bracken

NOT UNDERSTOOD

Not understood, we move alang asunder; Our paths grow wider as the seasons creepAlong the years; we marvel and we wonder Why life is life, and then we fall asteep      Not understood.
Not understood, we gather false impressions And hug them closer as the years go by;Till virtues often seem to us transgressions;And thus men rise and fall, and live and die      Not understood.
Not understood! Poor souls with stunted vision Oft measure giants with their narrow gauge;The poisoned shafts of falsehood and derision Are oft impelled ’gainst those who mould the age,      Not understood.
Not understood! The secret springs of action Which lie beneath the surface and the show,Are disregarded; with self-satisfaction We judge our neighbaurs, and they often go      Not understood.

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