The Road Less Travelled

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

I Carry Your Heart with Me

I love this poem; I heard it whilst watching In Her Shoes last night and it sounded so familiar. Turns out it’s by EE Cummings.
And before I get any wisecracks, Cameron Diaz read it to her sister on her wedding day.
So this for KB, HB, SB, IN, RP, JM, NK, KA, DN. So don’t complain that I never call for I carry your heart in my heart.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)
i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

2 Comments:

  • tis a lovely poem.

    btw, is the order of the names listed indicative of anything...if so me and u need to have words dear.

    Peace Out

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:32 pm  

  • Once you've dedicated a poem to me then you can talk about 'having words' miss!

    By Blogger Traveller, at 9:46 am  

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