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Pablo Neruda (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973 / Parral / Chile)
Poems by Pablo Neruda : 8 / 139
Absence
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.
Pablo Neruda
Submitted: Monday, March 22, 2010
Poems by Pablo Neruda : 8 / 139
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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.
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.
I'm interested to know as what inspired him to write this one.