04 November 2019

Edvard Benes Bridge over the Elbe River in Usti nad Labem, former Aussig (Czech Republic)

...
Mother.
Mother, whose hand did I clasp
when with your words 
I went to Germany?
At Aussig, you always said, at
Aussig on
the Elbe,
inflight. Mother, murderers lived there.
Mother, I’ve written letters.
Mother, no answer came.
...


From the poem Wolf's-beam
Paul Celan