Saturday, October 17, 2009

love words weekend

such a jubilant wedding, captured by One Love Photo

Love Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

- Pablo Neruda

3 comments:

  1. Ahhhhh :) Pablo Neruda is MY FAVORITE poet! I've actually been reading quite a bit of him lately for my test!

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  2. oh, i just love that poem! touched my heart!

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  3. ooohhhhh :X:X:X:X soooo sweettttttt :X:X:X:X

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