Departure

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova 1889–1966

Although this land is not my own, I will remember its inland sea and the waters that are so cold the sand as white as old bones, the pine trees strangely red where the sun comes down.

I cannot say if it is our love, or the day, that is ending.

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