"Forgive me, forgive me, for having grieved for ignoring the sunlight, too. And especially for having..."

“Forgive me, forgive me, for having grieved
for ignoring the sunlight, too.
And especially for having believed,
That so many others were you.”

- Anna Akhmatova, excerpt of Broad and Yellow (tr. by Lyn Coffin)

Anna Achmatova