Pablo Neruda Quote

And something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire,
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and I suddenly saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open.

Poesía (Poetry) from Memorial de Isla Negra (Memorial of Isla Negra) (1964)