The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 12/10/05)

[RetroLounge]

I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair

DON'T GO FAR OFF, NOT EVEN FOR A DAY
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?

Pablo Neruda

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My friend Pablo Neruda makes me quiver at the sensual touch of his words...

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear RetroLounge....

I can see why you say that......

This is not only sensual, but exposed.....nothing is hidden or hard to understand here....

No room for doubt, or questioning.....or misinterpretation, either...

I do hope that words aren't the only things touching you in this difficult part of your life these days, my dear......

Thank you for this daily poem......

They are now part of MY life; I always look for them......and you.....


:loveya: :hug:

[Callalily]

2. Powerful words by Pablo Neruda

Not only powerful but succinct. You've chosen a wonderful poem today RL.

[swimboy]

3. Thanks, RL

I've felt that before.
:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

4. You just liked the trains.

:P

:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

5. Naturally

:hi:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

6. You know,

every time I think of that Soul Train, I think of you.

[RetroLounge]

7. Dance With Me

RL

[RevCheesehead]

8. Are you kidding?

I'm waiting for the next photo of the "you know what." :9

[RetroLounge]

9. evening kick

:kick:

RL

[khashka]

10. Thanks for kicking it RL.

Neruda writes like an angel, like he knows your heart.

Khash.