I do not need your loving words
or hurried kiss
as night comes down
in the place where we once lived
innocent as children,
and happier.


Red Winged Birds (1917)

Anna Akhmatova Quotes

I do not need your loving words or hurried kiss as night comes down in the place where we once lived innocent as children, and happier.

I do not need your loving words or hurried kiss as night comes down in the place where we once lived innocent as children, and happier.

I do not need your loving words or hurried kiss as night comes down in the place where we once lived innocent as children, and happier.

I do not need your loving words or hurried kiss as night comes down in the place where we once lived innocent as children, and happier.