Three matchsticks

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Three matchsticks lit one by one in the night

The first to see the whole of your face

The second to see your eyes

The third to see your mouth

And complete darkness to remember this all

With you locked in my arms—

Jacques Prévert, “Paris at Night”  

Haiku my Heart: Separation

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This then, is where we separate

you, heart,

and I . . . .

Riette  13 March 2011

recuerda mi corazon

Haiku my heart: Simplicity

Come, we're going home.

Where's home?

For me, home is . . . .wherever you are

Riette 04 March 2011

"recuerda mi corazon" 

Haiku my heart: Just one night

"Her kiss"

My fingers through your hair
your face cupped in my hands
Just one night - with you

Riette 20 Nov 2010

recuerda mi corazon

Love Sonnet

I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Pablo Neruda