‘perhaps Not To Be Is To Be Without Your Being.’ Poem by Pablo Neruda

‘perhaps Not To Be Is To Be Without Your Being.’

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Perhaps not to be is to be without your being,
without your going, that cuts noon light
like a blue flower, without your passing
later through fog and stones,
without the torch you lift in your hand
that others may not see as golden,
that perhaps no one believed blossomed
the glowing origin of the rose,
without, in the end, your being, your coming
suddenly, inspiringly, to know my life,
blaze of the rose-tree, wheat of the breeze:
and it follows that I am, because you are:
it follows from ‘you are’, that I am, and we:
and, because of love, you will, I will,
We will, come to be.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Blake Crawford 27 February 2012

Then tell me your number Desiree, and i will gladly read the poem to you.

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Blake Crawford 27 February 2012

Then tell me your number Desiree, and i will gladly read the poem to you.

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Desiree Edwards 22 February 2012

I would love to hear this poem read aloud. I would like to know if it sounds the same in the minds of others as it does in mine. Lovely poem!

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Erika Nath 14 April 2013

And beauty is flowing between the lines, through each and every word!

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Terrance Henry 31 January 2012

so real so loving. AH I wish I could express myself so.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 13 May 2019

One of the best wonderful poems by Pablo Neruda.......

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Edward Kofi Louis 13 May 2019

Through fog and stones! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Anil Kumar Panda 13 May 2019

Excellent poem. Loved it.

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Alouwou Mandjah 13 May 2019

Another masterpiece from the great Pablo Neruda

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Dr Antony Theodore 13 May 2019

without the torch you lift in your hand that others may not see as golden, that perhaps no one believed blossomed the glowing origin of the rose, great poem.. tony

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