Have you ever breathed someone in as they breathed out?
Breathed out as they breathed in?
Have you ever started something you knew you couldn't finish
and felt that it might finish you?
Have you looked at someone and known that they were the wind
you were never meant to hold?
Have you lost yourself in brown eyes vulnerable at your most fragile
and known you were anchored
Have you ever wanted to live in that place, the crook of a neck
and felt time excelerated by your panic
Have you known that you could count the number of hellos and sunrises
goodbyes and sunsets, heartbeats and kisses
Have you been the one left behind while your love travels the world
while you stay and die a little inside
Have you ever breathed someone in as they breathed out?
Breathed out as they breathe in?
by shannon flanders
2-28-07 for asw
shannon wright
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/have-you-11/
