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To a Sister Far Away

1 I send you a few words – sharp arrows.

2 Your timid braids

3 Are younger than your eyes.

4 Your cheeks are sickly.

5 You write me imaginary letters

6 And erase them with a smile.

7 You grow each day with the grass,

8 But to me you remain

9 A medallion on the breast,

10 Calling up memories.

11 I realize with a start

12 I am neither far from you nor near,

13 Only apart, unhappily apart.