Breathing With You Poem by Valerie Colangelo

And I never thought I could feel
This way. With you
It was like breathing -
When I noticed each breath in
And out, the rise and fall
Of my chest, I realized
How beautiful and strange it was
To love someone
So deeply, so wholly. I gazed into
Blue ice - I saw you
For all you are, for all
I wanted to you to be. I loved you
As we soared through
The starlight until the
Sun shone, as you held onto me
Until the world faded away.
I loved you. I loved you
More than I ever claimed. When
I notice each breath in
And out, my lungs
Collapse at the weight of your memory.
I never thought I could
Feel this way with you.