mis·un·der·stand·ing
n.
1. A failure to understand or interpret correctly.
2. A disagreement or quarrel.
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"In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding."
(Margaret E. Sangster)
Understanding
I understood the rest too well,
And all their thoughts have come to be
Clear as grey sea-weed in the swell
Of a sunny shallow sea.
But you I never understood,
Your spirit's secret hides like gold
Sunk in a Spanish galleon
Ages ago in waters cold.
Sara Teasdale
