One night I held all Europe in my arms
And all the East, Asia and Africa.
Limbs were their armies, those easy lips
Their long grey fleets breathing of threat
And doom, even each whisper seemed
An airman gliding on his swallow path.
That was a conflict and a peace in one;
Holding each other fast, gay enemies
Then mad with love. The joyful passionate evening
Was declaration of war or armistice, just how
You choose to think. In the still night
The hotel room cradled us into sleep.
Now in the empty days I feel the loss
Of this illusion. Dull faces swarm
Over the seven seas and old men
Nod at the moon emptiness is like that
While somewhere preparing another war
You charm and entangle, merrily captivate.
(John Stanier Waller)
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