Leave me a place underground, a labyrinth,
where I can go, when I wish to turn,
without eyes, without touch,
in the void, to dumb stone,
or the finger of shadow.
I know that you cannot, no one, no thing
can deliver up that place, or that path,
but what can I do with my pitiful passions,
if they are no use, on the surface
of everyday life,
if I cannot look to survive,
except by dying, going beyond, entering
into the state, metallic and slumbering,
of primeval flame?
Leave Me A Place Underground
Pablo Neruda
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Poem topics: life, shadow, finger, surface, touch, flame, survive, everyday, void, stone, I love you, I miss you, place, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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