Love Poem: My Life - Your Life - Together
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Written by: Joanne Linsell

My Life - Your Life - Together

I realized today
That I was indeed
“Breathing just a little
And calling It
My Life.”

For let the truth 
Be told
That I don’t want
To breath 
Just a little.

I want to take 
Huge, gasping breaths
And fill my lungs
To their capacity.

This realization took
All but a 
Moment’s reflection.

Just a moment
To completely 
And utterly
Understand

That each of 
My breaths
Can be seen 
As an opportunity
To start anew.

I have been 
Wasting
These precious 
Opportunities.

It was then
I decided.

And I have 
Decided.

With the very 
Next breath
I will start
Anew…

 UNSUPPORTED CODE 

To have a connection
With someone 
That is so natural
That it is only
Understood
At the level 
Of the soul
Is truly a great feat
Between 
Two human beings.

Don’t you think?

Only a few 
Are even aware 
That It exists.
Fewer yet 
Have had 
The opportunity
To experience It.

I feel we have 
That connection.
How can you deny?
Do you deny?

If the winds 
Of change 
Ever happen 
To blow 
Into our lives 

And sweep us upon 
Different paths 
Where the journey 
Of our lives 
Would change 


And whether 
This change occurs 
In this lifetime 
Or the next 
Or even quite possibly 
The one thereafter

You are to know 
That I would want 
To stand 
Beside you 
Hold your hand
Close my eyes 
And deeply 
Breathe in 
The same Life 
That you do.

 UNSUPPORTED CODE 

With that said
I have now 
Begun
To Live more 
Than just a little.