Don’t Go Far Off
Don’t go far off, not even for a day, because —
because — I don’t know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.
Don’t leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don’t leave me for a second, my dearest,
because in that moment you’ll have gone so far
I’ll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?
~ Pablo Neruda
Kisses & Chaos,
Alli Woods Frederick
image :: soldier’s goodbye & bobbie the cat – sam hood
PS – on a very un-romantic note, Romwe has decided to run a killer mid-season sale to make up for how short their Memorial Day sale was…and boy are they doing it up right. Romwe mid-season sale , over 1000 styles with up to 70% off! Valid date: 06/01~06/07/2013.
