Absence Poem by Pablo Neruda

Absence

Rating: 3.2


I have scarcely left you
When you go in me, crystalline,
Or trembling,
Or uneasy, wounded by me
Or overwhelmed with love, as
when your eyes
Close upon the gift of life
That without cease I give you.

My love,
We have found each other
Thirsty and we have
Drunk up all the water and the
Blood,
We found each other
Hungry
And we bit each other
As fire bites,
Leaving wounds in us.

But wait for me,
Keep for me your sweetness.
I will give you too
A rose.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jemme Simbulan 21 July 2012

I'm interested to know as what inspired him to write this one.

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Shiela Marie Anunciacion 17 November 2012

It's as if, they both know they have flaws and mistakes. But the poet all asks is for a little faith in their love, that they don't give up or give in... because in the end, all will end well.

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Rinki Nandy 02 April 2013

But wait for me, Keep for me your sweetness. I will give you too A rose. The most romantic lines I've read so far, simple, close, personal n touchy. I like his language style, they offer the connection a lot of poets lack.

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Alexander Opicho 03 December 2013

We have found each other Thirsty and we have Drunk up all the water and the Blood; this is my favourite

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Almedia Knight-Oliver 12 October 2013

Wait for me, my love take me in your minds heart take me in your mouth, kiss me when our existences are too far apart keep me in your dream hold me when fears hold on instead of your arms...

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Chris Ryan 09 January 2021

Inwill gve you a rose.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 09 January 2021

A great love poem that is realistic too.

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Unnikrishnan E S 08 October 2018

Wow! How sweet is a Rose is love....

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Leela chatterjee 28 July 2018

Their yearning for love is so deep that if one gives sweeness the other will offer a rose.

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Indira Renganathan 27 October 2016

Thoroughly a yearning for love poem- 10

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