Your Favorite Poems

FeminineAllure · 11-13-2009, 08:41 PM

Cien Sonetos de Amor - XVII
Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as one loves the salt-rose, or topaz,
or carnations, those darts of crimson struck from the fire.
I love you as certain things are loved: darkly
and in secret, between dusk and the soul.

I love you - like a plant that does not bloom
but bears within itself, concealed, the light of flowers.
Because of your love, a fierce essence,
arisen from the earth, is alive within my flesh.

I love you - without knowing how, when, where;
I love you simply, without question, without pride.
I love you thus because I know no other way of loving
except this, where there is neither You nor I--

so intimate that your hand laid upon my chest is my own,
so intimate that when I dream it is your eyes that close.

11-13-2009, 08:41 PM	#9
FeminineAllure Member How Do You Identify?: Female Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: My rainbow is way overdue Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,145 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,659 Thanked 2,026 Times in 555 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	One of my favorites... Cien Sonetos de Amor - XVII Pablo Neruda I do not love you as one loves the salt-rose, or topaz, or carnations, those darts of crimson struck from the fire. I love you as certain things are loved: darkly and in secret, between dusk and the soul. I love you - like a plant that does not bloom but bears within itself, concealed, the light of flowers. Because of your love, a fierce essence, arisen from the earth, is alive within my flesh. I love you - without knowing how, when, where; I love you simply, without question, without pride. I love you thus because I know no other way of loving except this, where there is neither You nor I-- so intimate that your hand laid upon my chest is my own, so intimate that when I dream it is your eyes that close. __________________ Remember anyone can love you when the sun is shining...In the storm is where you learn who truly cares for you