Poet du jour: Paul Eluard.
Posted by jtrussell on January 15, 2008
I love you for all the women I have not known
I love you for all the time I have not lived
For the scent of the vast sea and warm bread
For the snow that melts for the first flowers
For the pure animals untouched by man
I love you to love
I love you for all the women I do not love
Who reflects me except you, I am so small
Without you I see nothing but a vast desert
Between yesterday and today
There are all those deaths I crossed in the street
I have not been able to pierce my mirror wall
I have learned life word by word
As one forgets
I love you for all the wisdom that is not mine
For health
I love you against everything that is mere illusion
For the immortal hearts that I do not possess
You believe you are doubt, but you are reason
You are the great sun that makes me drunk
When I am sure of myself.
