& guess what – Sighing is GOOD FOR YOU:) Who would have thought?
ONE HUNDRED LOVE SONNETS: XVII
I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries
the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself,
and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose
from the earth lives dimly in my body.I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,
except in this form in which I am not nor are you,
so close that your hand upon my chest is mine,
so close that your eyes close with my dreams.
– Pablo Neruda,
“One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII” from The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems
TRANSLATED BY MARK EISNER
Just read somewhere – Valentines Day is not just for lovers but for all who love – and that’s ALL of us. In that respect, everyday is a Valentines Day.
It’s Everyday since
Love, like religion requires faith and …practice:)
Rose named “Precious Moment” grown in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
