Waves – Bonds

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection CalligrammesPeriod 20th century

Ropes made of cries

Sounds of bells across Europe
Hung centuries

Rails that bind the nations
We are only two or three men
Free of all bonds
Let us give each other our hand

Violante rain that combs the smoke
Ropes
Woven ropes
Submarine cables
Towers of Babel changed into bridges
Spider-Pontiffs
All the lovers whom a single bond has bound

Other bonds more tenuous
White rays of light
Ropes and Concord

I write only to exalt you
O senses O cherished senses

Enemies of memory
Enemies of desire

Enemies of regret
Enemies of tears
Enemies of all that I still love

Guillaume Apollinaire

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