White Night

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova 1889–1966

I haven't locked the door, Nor lit the candles, You don't know, don't care, That tired I haven't the strength To decide to go to bed. Seeing the fields fade in The sunset murk of pine-needles, And to know all is lost,

That life is a cursed hell: I've got drunk On your voice in the doorway. I was sure you'd come back.

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