The English Patient

    mydarling.imwaitingforyou.howlongisadayinthedark?oraweek?thefireisgonenow.andimcold,horriblycold.ireallywanttodragmyselfoutsidebutthentheredbethesun.imafraidiwastethelightonthepaintings,andimnotwritingthesewords.wedie.wedie,wedierichwithloversandtribes,tasteswehaveswallowed,bodieswehave...enteredandswumuplikerivers.fearswehavehiddenin----likethiswretchedcave.iwantallthismarkedonmybody.weretherealcountries,nottheboundariesdrawnonmapswiththenamesofpowerfulmen.iknowyoullcomeandcarrymeoutintothepalaceofwinds.thatswhativewanted:towalkinsuchaplacewithyou,withfriends,ontheearthwithoutmaps.thelamphasgoneoutandimwritinginthedarkness.