Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.
PABLO NERUDAGreen was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.
PABLO NERUDAIf nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life.
PABLO NERUDAYou are like night, calmed, constellated. Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true.
PABLO NERUDAI’m not me but living matter fermenting and forming its own shapes in the fruitfulness of every day.
PABLO NERUDAPeace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
PABLO NERUDAYou can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
PABLO NERUDALove is the mystery of water and a star.
PABLO NERUDAPoetry is an act of peace.
PABLO NERUDAI love you as one loves certain dark things.
PABLO NERUDAYou are like nobody since I love you.
PABLO NERUDALike them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.
PABLO NERUDAEverything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.
PABLO NERUDAIn this part of the story I am the one who dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood.
PABLO NERUDAI love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
PABLO NERUDAThen love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name, suddenly your heart showed me my way.
PABLO NERUDAOnly a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.
PABLO NERUDA