I Don’t Know If You’re Alive Or Dead by Anna Akhmatova

toniiu:

I don’t know if you’re alive or dead.
Can you on earth be sought,
Or only when the sunsets fade
Be mourned serenely in my thought?

All is for you: the daily prayer,
The sleepless heat at night,
And of my verses, the white
Flock, and of my eyes, the blue fire.

No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured
Me more, not
Even the one who betrayed me to torture,
Not even the one who caressed me and forgot. 

  1. Date Posted Icon 16th January 2012
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    This was on my dash - completely unrelated to Sherlock, but oh. I believe the connection is self-explanatory.
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