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since	: 09-14-05, id: 494209

Author has written 14 stories for Love, and Life.

'Tatyana's letter to Onegin.
I write this to you - what more can be said?
What more can I add to that one fact?
For now I know it is in your power
To punish me contemptuously for this act.
But you, keeping for my unhappy lot
Even one drop of sympathy
Will not entirely abandon me.
At first I wished to remain silent;
Believe me, my shame, my agony,
You never ever would have heard.
As long as hope remained preserved
That rarely, even once a week,
I'd see you in our country house,
To hear your voice, to hear you speak,
To say a few words, and then, and then
To think, and think, and think again
All day, all night, until the next meeting.
But it is said you are unsociable,
And in this backwater all is tedious to you,
While we… well here we shine at nothing,
Although we're glad to welcome you.
Why did you come to visit us?
In this forgotten rural home
Your face I never would have known
Nor known this bitter suffering.
The fever of inexperience
In time (who can tell?) would have died down,
And I'd have found another lover,
Dear to my heart, to whom I'd be true,
And a loving wife, and virtuous mother.
Another!… No, no one on this earth
Is there to whom I'd give my heart!
That is ordained by highest fate…
That is heaven's will - that I am yours;
My life till now was but a pledge,
Of meeting with you, a forward image;
You were sent by heaven of that I'm sure,
To the grave itself you are my saviour…
In dreams you have appeared to me,
Though yet unseen, I held you dear,
Your glance and strangeness tortured me,
To my soul your voice was loud and clear
From long ago… It was not a dream!
You came, and I knew that very instant,
I was struck dumb, my heart flared up,
And in my thoughts said "He is the one!"
Is it not true? I heard you often:
In the silence did you not speak to me,
Both when I helped the poor, and when
With prayer I sought to ease and soften
The pain inside my anguished head?
And at this very moment, is it not you,
Oh sweetest, lovely vision who
In the night's transparency flits by
And quietly nestles by the bed's head?
And you, who with love and rapturously
Whispered a word of hope to me?
Who are you, my guardian angel?
Or a wily devil, a tempter fatal?
Disperse these doubts, this agony.
Perhaps all this is nothingness,
A foolish mind's self-aberration,
And something other is fate's decree…
So be it! Whatever my destiny,
To you I give it from this day,
Before you the tears roll down my cheek,
And your protection I beseech…
For consider: here I am alone,
No one understands what I say,
My reason tortures me every day,
And silently I am doomed to perish.
You I await: With a single glance
Revive the hope that's in my heart,
Cut short this heavy dream I cherish,
Deserving, I know, reproach and scorn.
I finish - I tremble to read it through,
With shame and terror my heart sinks low,
But your honour is my guarantee
And to that I entrust my destiny.
by alexander pushkin

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1. Enttäuschung
Ein wenig Poesie über die Enttäuschung über ein schief gelaufenes Vorhaben, zwei Menschen zusammenzubringen. Klingt kitschig, aber ich weiß nicht, wieso es mich so sehr berührt.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - German - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 312 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-15-07 - Published: 5-15-07

2. Gefangen reviews
... kurzes Gedicht über das Gefangensein im Schein der Welt.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - German - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 26 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-22-06 - Published: 3-22-06

3. Poem reviews
A poem about a love that should end for good, for it is breaking a person.
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-19-06 - Published: 1-19-06

4. The Bride reviews
I wouldn’t sleep until I would have found him, him, he who was worth your love… There I sat, watching your wedding… hoping I wouldn’t wake up and take a glimpse of you with me.
Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 933 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-16-05 - Published: 12-16-05

5. Dreams reviews
What it is like for me to have nightmares. Two poems.
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-27-05 - Published: 10-27-05

6. Music reviews
Music is what survives the crying and the depressed. Short poem about those people's music.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-11-05 - Published: 10-11-05

7. Can't I? reviews
Hopelessness, questions about the right of my existence, linked to some thoughs about God. Read & Review, guys!
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-5-05 - Published: 10-5-05

8. The Day You Stopped Loving Me reviews
What to say? It's about the day I realised he stopped loving me. POV.
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 461 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-26-05 - Published: 9-26-05

9. You can't reviews
There are a lot of things people can't: Change their face. Well, they can ... but there's still something to remain. Why that is so? Read and review.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 156 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-25-05 - Published: 9-25-05

10. Draw reviews
Short. It's about having to deal with somebody loving you - and maybe even loving back. Put this thought into the term "draw", or rather "painting". Read and find out.
Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-21-05 - Published: 9-21-05

11. Marionettes of the Day reviews
I feel like I'm one of thousands of marionettes of the day. Short poem.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-21-05 - Published: 9-21-05

12. Time reviews
Time. Just time. Bad summary, nice poem.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-17-05 - Published: 9-17-05

13. Remorse reviews
A poem about remorse after having broken somebody's heart.
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-17-05 - Published: 9-17-05

14. Judge
A poem about desperate feelings and the question who is to judge about breaking hearts or not.
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-17-05 - Published: 9-17-05

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