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# Simple Breaths
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- Published: 2017-08-05T17:44:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-06T16:45:56.000Z
- Author: Meri McGuire McConn
- Tags: Oceans of Mine, #Poetry, #Poetry Marathon 2017, #Love and Romance, #Longing and Desire

It was simple,  
A breath,  
And I slipped from now to then,  
And I saw your face again,  
And your face remotely yours,  
As we stood before the doors...  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
My voice catching on the past,  
My voice catching on the pain,  
And I saw your eyes again,  
And the feeling grown, fondness at last  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
Two friends holding hands, at last,  
Two hearts still held from the past:  
I found myself, now, kissing you,  
Kissed in ways I never knew  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
All the time, it would not cease,  
Two hearts yearning for release,  
Seeking confirmation this was real,  
Two souls seeking love to heal  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
And your arms around me stayed;  
On your chest, my fingers splayed...  
Must it always go this way?  
Must I await for days and days...?  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
I don't want to watch this death,  
Don't want to bear another flight  
When such simplicity feels right,  
Can't switch off this feeling like a light...  
  
It was simple,  
A breath,  
A needed breath, no wasted time,  
And I was yours and you were mine...  
Please give simplicity its due;  
It's only me and only you....  
  
It was simple,  
A simple breath....