Love Bloomed (Day 45)

 

Like an eternal break of day,

Sun perpetually dawning—

Forever new—love bloomed.

Like the silencing, in an instant,

Of a tumbling sea, love 

Frightened and astonished me.

Like seeing the mystery of 

Every summer that ever 

Beguiled the earth, revealed 

In a single resplendent smile, 

It delighted and inspired me.

Everything we know will, 

Some day, come to an end. 

Even death will be unable 

To escape itself. Still, 

Throughout my life, as I grow 

Old and wise—and beyond 

Even the end of the end—

My enchanted heart will always 

Whisper the name of my one, 

My truest love.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Note:

While you'd never know it, I want to acknowledge that "Love Bloomed" was inspired, in a roundabout way, by the following untranslated poem. (I speak only a few words of Spanish,
but love how Becquér's language affected the rhythm and pacing of my lines.)

AMOR ETERNO

Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente;

Podrá secarse en un instante el mar;

Podrá romperse el eje de la tierra

Como un débil cristal.

¡Todo sucederá!

Podrá la muerte

cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón;

pero jamás en mí podrá apagarse

la llama de tu amor

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer