▁ ▁Looking ▁to ▁express ▁his ▁isol ation ▁of ▁living ▁in ▁his ▁hom eland ▁while ▁not ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁speak ▁its ▁language , ▁Bre ik š s ▁starts ▁to ▁write ▁express ively ▁in ▁Russian ▁aged ▁ 1 3 . ▁Mov ing ▁quickly ▁to ▁Lat v ian , ▁his ▁early ▁writ ings ▁are ▁sorrow ful ▁expressions ▁for ▁his ▁lost ▁sister s , ▁using ▁the ▁met ap hor ▁of ▁lost ▁birds ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁their ▁way ▁home . ▁Begin ning ▁to ▁develop ▁his ▁style , ▁he ▁writes ▁of ▁religious - based ▁principles ▁of ▁the ▁wrong do ings ▁to ▁other ▁people , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁reflect ively ▁about ▁the ▁summer ▁that ▁he ▁spent ▁in ▁Vit ini . ▁This ▁also ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁writing ▁of ▁Lat v ian ▁patri ot ism , ▁expressed ▁through ▁both ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Pie bal ga ▁district ▁and ▁its ▁early ▁hero es . ▁After ▁trust ing ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁reading ▁her ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁poetry , ▁she ▁sought ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁the ology ▁professor ▁Vol dem ars ▁M ald on is ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Lat via . ▁ ▁A ged ▁ 1 3 , ▁Bre ik š s ▁won ▁his ▁first ▁prize ▁for ▁poetry ▁from ▁youth ▁magazine ▁Cir ul itis ▁( L ittle ▁L ark ). ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁newspaper ▁Kur zem nie ks ▁published ▁his ▁poem ▁" On ▁Christmas ▁e ve ", ▁published ▁under ▁his ▁pen ▁name ▁of ▁Si ri js . ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁his ▁poem ▁" I ▁want ▁to ▁sing