Monday, July 19, 2010

Love Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were 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.
-neruda

.writes so beautifully that i cannot see.

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