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Loving and Breathing (Dilemma of the Broken Hearted)

Inhaled at the age of innocence, with a breath that lies between stars, with immortal depths that have no ending as my lungs forever expand, Exhalation has become unachievable, due to the obstruction of faith of a boy for his very first dream, Chest heaving as a heart aches, Is love a tree or the deepest ocean? My breath or my reason for holding? The questions unanswered since the dawn of man and emotion alike, Thus the bittersweet conclusion appears that love equals the two, Yet how does such beauty create a pain that suffers from insomnia? Expendable only to a few torn souls who have breathed the sweet intoxication of love, and caressed the linger of its enticing aroma, and suffered the sting of its departure, Leaving hearts which cannot withstand the agony, to exhale affection for everything in its entirety, crushing the hope of such youths, yet this warning takes nothing from its appeal, For to breathe love, is to touch enchantment, As romance itself in but a breathe shared between two spirits rewarded for persistence, With the risk of being proven fallible, which leads to tears and pain entwined, Must we not embrace the risk as reward? For those as myself, who answered "no" are condemned to the most fragile breathing, For each breath hurts like the last One love, one lost, one breath in all, Breathing her in as if she has become the last breath of oxygen in my life, For she has, she has become my only, due to a choice made for the perfect love, Yet my painful irony has become, breathing and loving, with each one, keeping the agony of the other alive forever

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Date: 5/26/2015 6:19:00 PM
Audonus, Stopping by to enjoy this Favorite poem of mine. .... Always ~SKAT~
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Date: 12/19/2010 1:33:00 PM
Quite a write. I couldn't get my head around the concept? What were your 2 analogus? things? just wondering, wanting to understand. I enjoyed the verse very much I just don't understand the analogy, please Soup Mail me..(I hate not understanding!)
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Date: 12/12/2010 5:47:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in the contest..Sara
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Date: 12/7/2010 1:53:00 PM
Audonus... a well written ppetic piece and as complicated as the subject matter is, you managed to keep it tied in nicely ! Congratulations on your deserved win
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Date: 12/4/2010 7:06:00 AM
first of all congratulations.! Yes somewhere far from here.. between all them stars lies a broken heart.. To Bad for the twilight it gives.. Because, love is just a need, and we let it get the best of us when it is not there no more.. Men and the distance of love. Some where life is a repeat in all of us. To bad for the program of love. I love the energy when the love is crazy. One can reach and pick up a broken soul. Lets see who finds mind near the ocean shore,,lol, okay another favorite,.p.d.
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Date: 12/2/2010 7:52:00 PM
Congratulations for first place in this contest. AWESOME! LUv, Andrea
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Date: 12/1/2010 8:30:00 AM
What a beautiful and emotional poem, and a well deserved win! ~ Congratulations! love Carrie
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Date: 12/1/2010 6:48:00 AM
Wow, a wonderful poem, Audonus! The reader can feel the pain. Breathing and loving -- truly a great analogy. Congratulations on your first-place win. Well deserved. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 12/1/2010 4:56:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win Audonus in Thvia's contest. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/30/2010 11:25:00 PM
Audonus-Many Congrats for big win in contest.... Luv/Best wishes.....Hitendra Mehta
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Date: 11/30/2010 7:41:00 PM
Congrts Audonus on your first place win in Thvia's contest with this awesome entry my friend.. enjoy a top spot win tonight with luv..
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Date: 11/30/2010 6:43:00 PM
Easy pick for first place, well done!
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Date: 11/3/2010 8:30:00 PM
you definitely have a mastery of word Audonus. This is yet another masterpiece, but definitely one for my faves. you are a true gift to the world. May you creative pen keep flowing. Looking forward to reading more. --Madison
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