i carry your heart with me

by e. e. cummings


Original Language English

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)

-- from E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962, by e. e. cummings

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

This poem grabbed my attention this morning, one of the most loved of e. e. cummings poems.

It is a love poem, but its language somehow elevates us beyond romantic sentiment.

I won't say a lot today, just highlight a few of my favorite lines:

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

...

here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life

...

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

...

and, most especially--

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)


Oh, and have a beautiful full moon weekend. It feels like an intense moon so go gentle on yourself and others. And maybe we'll figure out "whatever a moon has always meant..."



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