Perfectly Imperfect

The first time I saw this vid on facebook, I was really moved to tears.

If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look at the crystal moon,
at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little
you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for
me with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Pablo Neruda

Everything

It's our fourth mensiversary tomorrow! I wanted something different to surprise my Hubby with and so I tried my skills and tinkered with Movie Maker and made this simple compilation of some of our pictures back from our days on board Nippon Maru 'til his visit here in the Philippines. I know it's really plain, but it's the most I can make out of my amateur skills. Nonetheless, no matter how simple it is, it's a labor of genuine love.

Happy mensiversary, Hubby! The song says it all, you're my everything. I look forward to not just counting months and years with you but to count decades instead. Aku cinta padamu sangat-sangat!