"Always For The First Time" by André Breton

There is a silk ladder unrolled across the vines

There is That leaning over the edge Of the hopeless combination of your presence and absence I have found the secret Of loving you

Always for the first time

‘Always For The First Time’ is André Breton’s dedication to a woman he has not met, but is ready to wait every day for. Breton was the French originator of the surrealist movement, which intended to blur the barriers between dreams and reality in art – explaining the rather whimsical aspect of this exquisite love poem.