I am...
Apparently,
if I were a poem, I would be
Pablo Neruda's 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
in which there is no I or you
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand
so intimate that when you fall asleep it is my eyes that close
I was somewhat suprised because I thought I might end up being Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
3 Comments:
Wow Dunia's Stranger,
This poem is beautiful...
may we all be granted with this love in this life and in paradise.
Thanks for passing by my blog.
Lol i think lorca tops neruda, though i love neruda too.
I ended up being The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock...but I think I like your poem better :)
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