Since my 444th post isn't up here, i'll celebrate my 450th blog post.
Joe Wilson has had this quote in his facebook profile for a while now and i've really enjoyed it. So much so that i re-visit his profile so often just to read it.
But NO MORE! I'm posting it here so i'm not tempted to log into facebook just to read it. Or to check the ridiculous away messages of all my friends. Silly
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
than 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.
--"I do not love you...."
Pablo Neruda
If i can't be "_____" then i won't try.