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5Aug/0811

this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

Submitted by Jessyintheskywithdiamonds:

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 the 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, i carry your heart with me

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  1. Wow! Just came across this site and loved it. Congrats!

  2. this is so beautiful. what an inspiring quote. thank you x

  3. It's fun. ATP Subscribe to the RCC perhaps

  4. This is one of my favorite poems. I love it.

  5. Nice!My favourite poem, absolutely beautiful. I'm trying to work it into a tattoo – was thinking an old flash heart tattoo with 'i carry your heart' either underneath or in scrolls.

  6. i've been planning to get "i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)" in exactly the same place, that's crazy

  7. so beautiful! i love ee cummings.

  8. i have "i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)" tattooed around my wrist… LOVE this poem…

  9. Beautiful :) I am getting this same phrase tattooed eventually. I can't wait!

  10. Can someone please tell me what this phrase actually means? im not really sure what it means

  11. This is a beautiful poem,I just happen upon it,they had you as a person I might know,and it said you are a friend of Craig Lennon,so if you know him I figured you are a safe contact.


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