the king my brother.

Almost, at times, the Fool.

Sharing Poetry: Pablo Neruda, "Sonnet XVII"

sharingpoetry:

I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries
the light of those flowers, hidden, within…