Hollywood Culture

Sometimes I like to meander around the internet and find poems that I like. This is one of my fav's:

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms,

but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;

thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,

risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,

so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,

so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

The poem is Sonnet 17 of 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet.

Later, when I was watching Patch Adams, I realised that it's the poem used in the movie. A good movie. A beautiful poem.