Like Breathing
I’m not sure I could trace the origins of it,
but it must have begun
for us to have arrived at this moment.
That I would even leave the hermitage of my life
to embrace another
has been a source or mystery to me and other.
To penetrate the dark glass of time
we call memory,
to return to where we began.
That greatest adventure we called love
has become something far deeper,
something mystical,
an essence so strong that should it cease,
the universe would collapse.
And yet it is effortless,
natural,
like breathing.
And knowing that there is no precise knowing at
which point breath becomes inward or outward,
it just is,
as we just are.
©Paul Cannon
Paul,
pvcann.com
parallax 
lovely!
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Thank you sgeoil, much appreciated
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My pleasure.
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This was beautifully written!
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Why thank you so much Ms. Ena. Much appreciated.
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Awwwww! So beautiful! I love it.
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Thank you for such a thoughtful response, I’m so glad you like it.
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I like breathing and I would like to think that I am pretty good at it after doing it for 65 years. At night I wear a CPAP, which prevents my breathing from stopping as I have sleep apnea.
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Many of my friends suffer with apnea and have the CPAP process, at first they were irritated by it but they tell me that it works so well. Thank you for sharing.
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Excellent piece! 🙂
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Thank you so much Tom
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“an essence so strong that should it cease,
the universe would collapse”
A love so strong? I can hardly imagine that. 🙂
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No, but it can feel that way sometimes 🙂
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Profound ✌🏾 absolutely stunning 🙌🌸
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Such a lovely response thank you OJ
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👍
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Anothe excellent write, Paul!
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Thank you Winnie
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You’re welcome, Paul! Sorry for the typo error “another” 😁
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I’m always doing that, sometimes auto-correct messes up too.
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wow that powerful universal connection and you two share it, bravo!
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Indeed, wonderful. Thanks Kate. 🙂
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Very glad to know it exists!
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🙂
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