https://wordmusing.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/i-like-for-you-to-be-still-pablo-neruda/ <br /> <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda <br /> <br />Creative Commons Videvo Film Credits: <br /> <br />http://www.videvo.net/video/calm-ocean-at-sunset/3430 <br />http://www.videvo.net/video/slow-motion-mud-bath/2083 <br />http://www.videvo.net/video/mud-bath-1/2081 <br />http://www.videvo.net/video/sea-sunset/2629 <br />http://www.videvo.net/video/san-bartolomeo-milky-way/2661 <br /> <br />I like for you to be still <br />It is as though you are absent <br />And you hear me from far away <br />And my voice does not touch you <br />It seems as though your eyes had flown away <br />And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth <br />As all things are filled with my soul <br />You emerge from the things <br />Filled with my soul <br />You are like my soul <br />A butterfly of dream <br />And you are like the word: Melancholy <br /> <br />I like for you to be still <br />And you seem far away <br />It sounds as though you are lamenting <br />A butterfly cooing like a dove <br />And you hear me from far away <br />And my voice does not reach you <br />Let me come to be still in your silence <br />And let me talk to you with your silence <br />That is bright as a lamp <br />Simple, as a ring <br />You are like the night <br />With its stillness and constellations <br />Your silence is that of a star <br />As remote and candid <br /> <br />I like for you to be still <br />It is as though you are absent <br />Distant and full of sorrow <br />So you would’ve died <br />One word then, One smile is enough <br />And I’m happy; <br />Happy that it’s not true
