If You Forget Me

This is not my typical blog post (although, looking back at everything, I don't really feel like there is a "typical...").  

I just read a poem and wanted to keep it somewhere I would always have it. I find this absolutely beautiful and it speaks to my soul at this precise moment in time...

If You Forget Me  by Pablo Neruda

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

A poem for a random blog update...

Mi Luna y Estrellas 
by Marc Malonzo (inspired by mi amor, Ashley Ann Cabrera)

I was lost at sea in the core of my being, Not even knowing what it was that I wanted, Let alone where I was supposed to be going. Blinded by the shadows of my former self, And the clouded horizon of my past, I failed to see that which stood before me; That which had always stood before me, Waiting ever so patiently for me to awaken. But suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, The clouds in my soul parted, and I finally saw the Moon rising amongst the Stars! Such a breathtaking sight that words fail To describe the awe inspiring beauty that stood before me. And I knew in that moment, Beyond even the faintest shadow of a doubt, That I would be utterly lost without that which came to save me: Mi Luna y Estrellas! What's more, in an epiphany Of sudden realization, I knew that They had always been there before me, Standing with a strength I have still yet to fathom; A strength with the endurance To wait for my eyes to finally open and see: That the Moon rises for me alone, And the Stars shine in your eyes always. And it was at that moment, that I knew only one thing mattered, and Everything else suddenly melted away: I am completely yours, Dear One, If you will have me. Forevermore. And I vow to make your heart smile every single day For as many days that I draw breath into my lungs! My heart beats only for you, Mi Luna y Estrellas!