Lost in the forest
Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig
and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:
maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,
a cracked bell, or a torn heart.
Something from far off it seemed
deep and secret to me, hidden by the earth,
a shout muffled by huge autumns,
by the moist half-open darkness of the leaves.
Wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel-sprig
sang under my tongue, its drifting fragrance
climbed up through my conscious mind
as if suddenly the roots I had left behind
cried out to me, the land I had lost with my childhood---
and I stopped, wounded by the wandering scent.
by Pablo Neruda
and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:
maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,
a cracked bell, or a torn heart.
Something from far off it seemed
deep and secret to me, hidden by the earth,
a shout muffled by huge autumns,
by the moist half-open darkness of the leaves.
Wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel-sprig
sang under my tongue, its drifting fragrance
climbed up through my conscious mind
as if suddenly the roots I had left behind
cried out to me, the land I had lost with my childhood---
and I stopped, wounded by the wandering scent.
by Pablo Neruda
As I see my soul reflected in Nature,
As I see through a mist,
One with inexpressible completeness,
sanity, beauty...
-Walt Whitman
"Thirsty wandering souls" - you mean you and Andreea?!
ReplyDeleteI have that brown leaf, BTW. Cecropia from PR!
Oh yes, if you only knew how thirsty. Literally and philosophically! Cecropia...so many cool pictures of them. I will come by and make a purchase, my fine friend de las floras.
ReplyDeleteThirsty for life, adventure and feeding the creative soul...
ReplyDeleteSurrounded by amazing colors, texture, shapes and vistas. Everywhere you looked there was a photo moment...Love the Georgia of the rainforest!
I will fan you with a giant brown and white leaf!
ReplyDeleteKai, for some reason your published comment is not showing up, here. It was beautiful. Can you try a shorter one?
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