i know one thing
the crystal moon
of autumn, the fire,
the ash, everything
that exists, aromas,
light, metals, stop me
little by little, suddenly
the wind passes through
me, at the heart, where
i remember each hour,
sweetness, each day,
love repeated, nothing
is forgotten, love feeds
on love, beloved,
as long as it will
~kat
A Black Out poem for this weeks Sunday Writing Prompt inspired by the song “If You Forget Me” by Pablo Neruda, (full lyrics with Blacked Out words in bold text below) by Mind, Love Misery’s Menagerie.
If You Forget Me
By Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:15 am
Lovely. 😎🥀
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September 9th, 2018 at 12:48 pm
I like that the new poem’s theme was very different than the original. That is my goal with a blackout poem. 😊
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September 9th, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Right on. 😎🥀
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September 9th, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Poet.
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September 9th, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Thank you Ana.
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September 9th, 2018 at 1:29 pm
Ain’t even ‘shamed, are ya?
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September 9th, 2018 at 2:02 pm
Nope. 😘
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September 9th, 2018 at 2:09 pm
Poet.
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September 9th, 2018 at 2:14 pm
🤣
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September 9th, 2018 at 2:43 pm
😂
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September 10th, 2018 at 12:49 am
Gorgeous it is amazing that it retains the entirety in abbreviation
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September 10th, 2018 at 6:31 am
Thank you. I love doing blackout poems with song lyrics. 😊
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September 10th, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Marvelous!
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September 10th, 2018 at 6:19 pm
Thank you. 😊
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