In the mood for some romantic and gentle loving...
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Sonnet 17
by Pablo Neruda
I do not love you as if you were a rose made of salt or topaz
or an arrow of carnations spreading fire:
I love you the way certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you like the plant that does not flower,
but conceals within itself the light of those flowers;
and, thanks to your love, the darkness of my body
houses the suffocating aroma that arose from the earth.
I love you without knowing how, when, or where from;
I love you straightforwardly, with neither problems nor pride:
I love you so, not knowing how to love you otherwise,
just this way that is not me and is not you...
so close that your hand on my chest is mine,
so close that your eyes grow heavy when I tire.
Flower from concrete jungle _ b l o g g e d _ @ 6:04 PM |
