Seeing as its national poetry day, heres something intellectual. Still my fave: Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda (translated by Stephen Mitchell) I dont love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that doesnt bloom and carries hidden within itself the light of those flowers, and thanks to your love, darkly in my body lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I dont know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:21:08 +0000
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