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Date Posted: 22:50:06 01/10/06 Tue
Author: Melai
Subject: Re: searching for a poem
In reply to: Kathy Russworn 's message, "searching for a poem" on 16:19:55 06/02/03 Mon

>I am looking for a poem....I don not know the name of
>it or the author, only a few lines of the poem.
>
>I love you without knowing how,or why, or from where
>I love you straight forwardly, without complexities,
>or pride
>So, I love you this way because I know of no other way
>then this
>So close, that your hand on my chest is my hand. So
>close that when you close your eyes , I fall asleep



This is a poem By Pablo Neruda
Sonnet XVII
I do not love you as if you were 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
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

That 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.

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  • Re: searching for a poem -- William Gerlette, 11:46:51 09/16/06 Sat
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