# Youth

Ольга Слободкина

All that belonged to us -

the little yard with trees,

with little wooden houses,

the mansion's also ours -

PALACE FOR CHILDREN...


Yes, poor we were.

Who wasn't at that time!


We didn't care.

Nobody cared.


But we felt rich -

inside,

we were in love,

our parents young

and full of life

and happy...


And life itself

that seemed to be Eternal

was evolving

like happiness itself.


We were in love...


We thought

that all the happiness

was well in store for us

and that was just a bridge

to happiness,

just the beginning

of the future treasures

while it was real bliss...


We realised it later,

later,

later...


Oct.22, 2004