Keyword: metamorphosis

May 23 (1923)* My dear Emilian, As I expect you have already guessed, every ship is going to depart without me, because I am not going to leave this country again. When I went away from you I thought it would be my last absence, as I promised to return, and believed I would be capable to do so. Please imagine that during our prolonged separation I happened to die. And actually that is what happens to me with regard to you. Every death is involuntary, even the self-provoked de…