La Poesia by Pablo Neruda

La Poesia or “POETRY” by Pablo Neruda (Excerpt)

I didn’t know what to say, my mouth

could not speak,

my eyes could not see

and something ignited in my soul,

fever or unremembered wings

and I went my own way,

deciphering that burning fire

and I wrote the first bare line,

bare, without substance,

pure

foolishness

pure wisdom

of one who knows nothing,

and suddenly I saw

the heavens

unfastened and open.