Best Love Poem Ever Written: Sentimental Ideas

More than once, this poem made me cry. Here’s why:

I loved a guy who didn’t love me back. I persisted and used all my wiles to get him, but his heart belongs to someone else.

Sometimes looking for the perfect guy, or a soulmate to spend my life with is tough. I’m comforted with the fact that he could be looking for me too.

This poem embodies all that I’m feeling. I hope you enjoy it too.

Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were 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.