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Il Postino
May 1, 2015
The light, it touches my heart.
Even though I do not see it,
I can feel it, and remember it
And the way it touches my cheek.
The way the radiant Sun
Touches my skin with soft fingertips.
The warmth of an immense body
Transferring to me with something so small.
Is this the way of love?
Is something so complex as simple as the Sun?
Only a fraction of being, pushing through time and space
To be with another? To be with me?
Are Neruda's questions and poems
Of love and life really only made up
Of a complicated simplicity?
This I can not know
But I can not wait to explore and ponder.
© Rebecca Y., Los Angeles, CA
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This article has 2 comments.
SugarLover127 SILVER said...
on May. 20 2015 at 6:59 pm
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. :)
ThePoeticJustice PLATINUM said...
on May. 19 2015 at 10:06 pm
smooth, kinda makes me think of the warm seasons ^.^ I like the way you put it out there, it makes it generally smoother because of how it's so open to different interpretations of how to read it. Good job and keep writi1ng. The justice has spoken
This was inspired by the film, Il Postino. It is about a postman who befriends Pablo Neruda during his exile to Italy. Neruda teaches the postman about poetry, nature, and love. It was such a wonderful film that I had to honor it in some way. I think this is the best way to do that.