A Very Special Poem

I just got back here in Manila from the province this morning and I'm still kinda tired because I went out with some friends in the afternoon so I'm not really in the mood to blog. But then, I just thought of sharing a particular poem that a very special friend also shared to me not so long ago, instead of forcing my neurons to work in writing a good blog. Hehe. I can actually fall asleep any moment as I'm writing this sentence. hahaha!

So this is a famous romantic poem on love by Pablo Neruda. Enjoy!

SONATA XVII

Pablo Neruda

I don't 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 doesn't 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.

I especially love the last stanza. :) I hope you enjoyed, no I hope you got inspired after reading this! :D Hmm..... there's actually a strong typhoon right now on the northern part of the country. I heard it really is stronger than the other strong typhoons that hit the country. I'm pretty nervous right now since my family's in that region. Hopefully it'll exit the country without any mass casualty.

See? My thoughts are all mixed up already. I seriously need to get some sleep. hehe. Ciao!