17/11/2021
Once upon a time there was a wave and loved a cliff somewhere in the sea, say, in the bay of Capri. She doused him with foam and spray, kissed him day and night, wrapped her white arms around him. She sighed and cried and prayed: "Come to me, cliff!" She loved him, doused him with foam and slowly eaten away. And then one fine day, already completely undermined, the cliff swayed and collapsed into her arms.
And suddenly the cliff was gone. There is no one to play with, no one to love, no one to grieve about. The cliff sank in the wave. Now it was just a piece of stone at the bottom of the sea. The wave was disappointed, it seemed to her that she was deceived, and soon she found herself a new cliff.
Erich Maria Remarque
