Oh, E.E. Cummings

I Carry Your Heart With Me
-E.E. Cummings

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 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)


This is a classic. When I think of E.E. Cummings, this poem comes to mind. It's so simple yet so beautiful. It carries a beautiful secret. I love the way he describes her. "And you are whatever a moon has always meant, and whatever the sun will always sing, is you". Exquisite.

To me, Cummings is stating that his love is deep, so true, that he takes "her heart" with him wherever he goes. He wants her to be a part of his everything, his world. He doesn't fear of a life without her, because he knows that she is his life, his fate.
And to my favorite part of this poem...."for beautiful, you are my world, my true". Where are you E.E. Cummings? If these words came out of any man's mouth, he will surely win his lady's heart. How could you deny such sweet words?
To be someone's world, to have someone's love, would be such an impeccable feeling. Even thinking about it gives me the goose bumps. I have a quote that relates to this.
"The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being"
It's true, giving someone that much love is making them irreplaceable. They, from that point when you know that you are so utterly and completely in love with them, hold a place in your heart where no other can enter. It's a sacred place, just for the one you love. You may experience more than just that one love, you may not. But even if you do, it doesn't lessen the love you have in your heart. Your heart can grow and grow and give and give more love than you know, you just have to allow it. No one ever died from a broken heart, life does go on. And you will love again. But if you loved that person, don't regret it. Don't hide that place in your heart that you know you will always have for them, because at one point you and your loved one were happy TOGETHER, and that's never something to be ashamed of. The best way to heal from a broken heart (in my opinion), is to learn from it. Take the good from it, and place it in that heart of yours to remember your love by. And the bad is what you learn from.
Every change in your life, whether it be a broken heart, a different city to live in, or even a stranger you smile to on the street, is an opportunity for you to grow into the person you were made to be.

"Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender who you are for what you could become"