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 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)
- e e cummings | june, 1952
... this is my favorite poem of all time. it's fitting that i mention it on what is supposedly national poetry day. i've loved it since i first read it in high school and it stopped me dead in my tracks. and as i grow, it takes on new meaning with every road this little life of mine takes. it also goes along so well with my favorite life motto, also by mr. cummings:
"it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
it truly does. never lose sight of yourself. never lose yourself in anything else aside from your art and your loved ones. and even then, always keep a little bit of yourself just for you. photo from exploring lava tube caves in hawaii, november 2013.