since our 1st wedding anniversary is just around the corner and i am feeling a little mushy right now, I'm sharing a poem that i really love, not only because of its meaning, but also because i heard this for the first time from atedam's cd being recited by a celebrity (forgot who) complete with background music, sea breeze, birds chirping, and all... and so i was not able to recuperate from its magic... how romatic!..
Love Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda
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.
tan & tet 02.03.08
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