1. Do homes know their people, I wonder,
Or does the drawing speak, made eloquent?

2. Serenity said, why do you oppose us?
I am serene; do not frown at me.

3. You step with two anklets filled
With legs of a snake slithering over them.

4. Oh companion, did our stance make you weep
Or does weeping over us hold blame?

5. Or is your weeping not for a deserted place
Bleak, looming as if it were a tattoo?