If you forget me..

[Iris]

I want you to know

one thing.

 

You know how this is:

if I look

at the crystal moon, at the red branch

of the slow autumn at my window,

if I touch

near the fire

the impalpable ash

or the wrinkled body of the log,

everything carries me to you,

as if everything that exists:

aromas, light, metals,

were little boats that sail

toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

 

Well, now,

if little by little you stop loving me

I shall stop loving you little by little.

 

If suddenly

you forget me

do not look for me,

for I shall already have forgotten you.

 

If you think it long and mad,

the wind of banners

that passes through my life,

and you decide

to leave me at the shore

of the heart where I have roots,

remember

that on that day,

at that hour,

I shall lift my arms

and my roots will set off

to seek another land.

 

But

if each day,

each hour,

you feel that you are destined for me

with implacable sweetness,

if each day a flower

climbs up to your lips to seek me,

ah my love, ah my own,

in me all that fire is repeated,

in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,

my love feeds on your love, beloved,

and as long as you live it will be in your arms

without leaving mine.

 

-Pablo Neruda

[moresko]

One of my favorite poems

[dequeen]

wow! lovely , romantic, yet blunt in a harsh way... "I would already have forgotten you".??. damn...

 

Thanks for sharing @Iris...

[Iris]

As I sat there in English class,

I stared at the girl next to me.

She was my so-called 'best friend'.

I stared at her long, silky hair,

and wished she were mine.

But she didn't notice me like that,

and I knew it.

After class, she walked up to me

and asked me for the notes

she had missed the day before.

I handed them to her.

She said 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I want to tell her,

I want her to know

that I don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I'm just too shy,

and I don't know why.

 

 

The phone rang. On the other end, it was her.

She was in tears,

mumbling on and on about how her love had broken

her heart.

She asked me to come over because she didn't want

to be alone, so I did.

As I sat next to her on the sofa,

I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she were mine.

After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and

three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep.

She looked at me, said 'thanks' and gave me a

kiss on the cheek.

I want to tell her,

I want her to know

that I don't want to be just friends,

I love her but I'm just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

 

Source: Unknown

[Iris]

Lovers play a game of No and Yes

A quick caress, a sigh, goodbye

And why?

Lovers play a game of Yes and No

of Stop and Go

of Wait, and Fate too late

 

They laugh when they want to cry

Leave when they would rather stay

They quit when they need to try

And lie when they walk away...

 

 

- Linda Goodman

[relangel]

Lovers play a game of No and Yes

A quick caress, a sigh, goodbye

And why?

Lovers play a game of Yes and No

of Stop and Go

of Wait, and Fate too late

 

They laugh when they want to cry

Leave when they would rather stay

They quit when they need to try

And lie when they walk away...

 

 

- Linda Goodman

 

Kind of love this poem . . .

Keep it up

[Iris]

But I promise to soon forget

The contract we almost made

You'll feel the swift response of an equal

As the dream begins to fade...

 

-Linda Goodman.