Pablo Neruda's love sonnet describes his love in three sentences: He loves his partner in a secret, soulful way unlike love for material things. He loves them as a flower that does not bloom but still carries beauty within. Their love is so close that boundaries disappear, as his partner's hand on his chest feels like his own.

1. PABLO NERUDA VISUAL INTERPRETATION

2. Love sonnet XVII I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;so I love you because I know no other waythan this: where I does not exist, nor you,so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

3. I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

4. or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

5. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

6. in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

7. I love you as the plant that never blooms

8. but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;

9. thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

10. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

11. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

12. so I love you because I know no other way

13. than this: where I does not exist, nor you,

14. so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,

15. so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.