Body of a woman, white hills, white thighs, you look like a world, lying in surrender. My rough peasant's body digs in youand makes the son leap from the depth of the earth. I was lone like a tunnel. The birds fled from me, and nigh swamped me with its crushing invasion. To survive myself I forged you like a weapon, like an arrow in my bow, a stone in my sling. But the hour of vengeance falls, and I love you. Body of skin, of moss, of eager and firm milk. Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence! Oh the roses of the pubis! Oh your voice, slow and sad! Body of my woman, I will persist in your grace. My thirst, my boundless desire, my shifting road! Dark river-beds where the eternal thirst flowsand weariness follows, and the infinite ache. Pablo Neruda
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This poem is a description of the beauty and power of love. The speaker sees his woman as the most beautiful thing in the world and also understands that he must keep fighting for her and his love. He knows that she is the greatest treasure and the greatest joy and the greatest distraction. He also knows that there will be hard times ahead for them both, but only because of their love.

Source: Selected Poems

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