urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:michellew Michelle Williams Michelle Williams 2008-03-03T03:38:21Z urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:michellew:267 2008-03-03T03:37:34Z 2008-03-03T03:38:21Z <center><font size="5" face="Snell Roundhand">I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz<br />or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.<br />I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,<br />in secret, between the shadow and the soul.<br />I love you as the plant that never blooms<br />but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;<br />thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,<br />risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.<br />I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.<br />I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;<br />So I love you because I know no other way<br />than this: where I does not exist, nor you,<br />so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,<br />so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. </font><br /></center>