If You Forget Me Analysis

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

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i love this poem. to me it is about true love. you will sacrifice your love for the other person but if they are not going to care for you then why sould you care for them.

| Posted on 2008-12-06 | by a guest

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In my own opinion this poem is about working to keep the passion in a relationship alive. This poem emphasizes that passion is needed to fuel love, and love feeds on love. It is a very intricate poem and can be interpreted in so many way.

| Posted on 2008-10-02 | by a guest

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This poem is generally about a man who is in love with a woman, but is not sure if she feels the same way. Therefore, he says that he will feel whatever she feels so he won't get hurt or look stupid.

| Posted on 2008-04-01 | by a guest