Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Friendships

Friends are people who don't assume, because they know who you really are.
Friends are people who are distant, yet always near.
Friends are people who don't judge.
Friends are people who tell you their opinions, not force them on you.

Good friends are hard to come by. You may have to learn it the hard way, as everyone has. But I know sometime in your life, you will come to know good hearted people whom you can depend on as much as your own family (or perhaps even more). When you have found these kind hearted souls, never ill treat them or betray their trust in you. Make sure you cherish them and always support each other. I have a few handfuls, some near, some far away making a living. Though we don't always hear each other's voices, we know we are in each other's hearts.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Loving You...

This is for you, and for everyone who matters mosts in my life. You know who you are.

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 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 simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way
because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I nor you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep
it is your eyes that close.

Poem by Pablo Neruda
Sonnet 17 of Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets
Translated by Stephen Tapscott