I shall be in mourning forever now.

[reynardo]

No, forgive me.
If you no longer live,
if you, beloved, my love,
if you have died,
all the leaves will fall in my breast,
it will rain on my soul night and day,
the snow will burn my heart,
I shall walk with frost and fire and death and snow,
my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping, but
I shall stay alive,
because above all things
you wanted me indomitable,
and, my love, because you know that I am not only a man
but all mankind.

Comments

[nimrod-9.livejournal.com]

I do love Neruda! Tough week for Bowie and Rickman's family and fans!

[tudorpot.livejournal.com]

Watching this - weeps, sniffs. This performance and poem helped me after my mother was killed. thanks for sharing. I will be watching my DVDs of this with lots of tissues and perhaps some wine tonight.

[duniazade.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful - thank you.