Last Sojourn

I walked over the dried land,
traveled along vanished roads,
where broken hearts had laid
themselves down to the surrender,
I walked without tire but spent from
the loss my heart had suffered.
Days and nights passed from one,
into the other with no break in time
but that of telling myself I am alone.
I passed from day to week and
then into tomorrow until that
day I came upon you by chance.
With softness you quenched my
thirst from the dust taken in
from those who passed me along my way.
I stared out until my eyes met yours,
how will I thank you for finding me,
this lost soul, this traveler
on his last sojourn.

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This love is unearthed

I reached out for you
tonight and I cried,
I cried for the want of
you touching me,
the want of me
craving you.

I see you before me even though
we sit quietly alone and so apart,
separated by those who
would separate our hearts.

I long for the closeness
of our hearts and those
touches our souls have
grown to need from the other.
In finding such softness as
that between you and I.

How we long for the
feel of the others skin
The sound of our hearts,
beating together but separated
still in search of the other.

I love you more now than an
hour ago or that of a day
or even a week passed.
This love is unearthed
by those eruptions of
loneliness and all
together the battles
of loveless-ness.

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http://allpoetry.com/Poem/1061745

Pablo Neruda - I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

From time to time it is important to bring into the light works that have had a great influence upon my thoughts, my loves, my poetry. Please read and enjoy this poem by Pable Neruda.

I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating youBend to you,
and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.

Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.

In 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 blood.