cleopatrasdaughter:We girls, born as four but live as one,Look curiously upon a world once familiar,
cleopatrasdaughter:We girls, born as four but live as one,Look curiously upon a world once familiar, Where we used to walk through open fields,But our souls have been taken captive.Now all we can do is lie down and look up, Listen as the wind calls,Watch as the clouds gather.The blue sky turns to black velvet, As the storm settles upon our Kingdom, And with our hearts and hands united We realize that it is as God willed.It was our destiny to Love and say goodbye.~ “OTMA”, Anna Thompson“The Grand Duchesses were charming – the picture of freshness and health. It would have been difficult to find four sisters with characters more dissimilar and yet so perfectly blended in an affection which did not exclude personal independence, and, in spite of contrasting temperaments, kept them a most united family. With the initials of their Christian names they had formed a composite Christian name, OTMA, and under this common signature they frequently gave their presents or sent letters written by one of them on behalf of all.” – Pierre Gilliard on the four daughters of the last Russian Emperor -- source link
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