apples of gold in settings of silver

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 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)

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Who would have thought to hear this beautiful poem in a chick flick?
Well, in one of the most touching scenes I've ever seen, Cameron D
reads out this poem to her sis, played by Toni Collette, after a
rollicking ride in which they have a bitter fallout, and then a
bittersweet reunion, after fully understanding just how much they have
shaped each others' lives, and how much they want to continue being a
part of the other's life. I appreciate the movie (and the novel by
Jennifer Weiner) for honestly dealing with these themes. OK, so some
parts of the movie are pretty stilted, the guys are dorky, some lines
are lame, but the overall message is valuable and beautiful ;)

And Cameron D can read poetry! Who would've thunk it?

posted by Puz @ 3:20 PM