If I put my ear
to your heart
what would I hear?
if i laid on your chest
would your breaths
tell me a story?
Would they echo
my feelings for you?
I need to know
if you feel
the same as I do
see, I breathe you in
trying not to exhale
for fear of losing you
but exhale I must
lest I lose me
so i try to breathe
a little slower
hold on a little longer
hoping that you are
also inhaling me
with each breath you intake
until we breathe in sync
together
as one
and i no longer
have to wonder
if your heart beats my name
because it will beat loudly
allowing us both
to breathe freely
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
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Sadly, I found myself turning blue from holding that breath.
It always takes two, willing to give everything.
It takes everything.
-j
thanks,
dan