Oh Earth wait for me... Pablo Neruda

Oh Earth wait for me
Turn me oh sun
rain from the ancient forest,
return to me the fragrance and the swords
that fall from the sky,
the solitary peace of field and rock,
the moisture at the margins of the river,
the scent of the larch,
the wind, alive like a heart
beating among the remote flock
of the great araucaria.

 Earth, return to me your pure gifts
the towers of silence that rose
from the solemnity of their roots:
I want to return to being what I have not been,
learn to return from such depths
that amongst all the things of nature
I could live or not live: no matter
to be one more stone, the dark stone,
the pure stone that is carried by the river.

Pablo Neruda, Memorial de Isla Negra
Image of Isla Negra (Chile), by Antonio Q.B. for his blog viajesyfotografia.com
Paisaje oceánico de Isla Negra

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