1. The Well by Pablo Neruda

    At times you sink, you fall
    into your hole of silence,
    into your abyss of proud anger,
    and you can scarcely
    return, still bearing remnants
    of what you found
    in the depths of your existence.

    My love, what do you find
    in your closed well?
    Seaweed, swamps, rocks?
    What do you see with blind eyes,
    bitter and wounded?

    Darling, you will not find
    in the well into which you fall
    what I keep for you on the heights:
    a bouquet of dewy jasmines,
    a kiss deeper than your abyss.

    Do not fear me, do not fall
    into your rancor again.
    Shake off my word that came to wound you
    and let it fly through the open window.
    It will return to wound me
    without your guiding it
    since it was laden with a harsh instant
    and that instant will be disarmed in my breast. 
     
    Smile at me radiant
    if my mouth wounds you.
    I am not a gentle shepherd
    like the ones in fairy tales,
    but a good woodsman who shares with you
    earth, wind, and mountain thorns.

    Love me, you, smile at me,
    help me to be good.
    Do not wound yourself in me, for it will be useless,
    do not wound me because you wound yourself.

    • November 22, 2010 at 9:16pm
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