Life Poems 0

Breath

Today
I was born.

My first
breath
a violent
cough
filled
with life
and the
release
of whatever
it is
I was
before
this.

There is
an ache
in
my chest,
a newness;
frightening
and exhilarating.
My heart
pounds.

I cry
in the
euphoria
of 
the heightened
reality
my body
now feels.

The dense
security
is gone.

I feel
the air
on my
skin.
My eyes
ache
and yet
the light
delights me.

The sound
of
voices
is clear
like
a song
for my soul.

The arms
around me
are
both strange
and
familiar.

Is this
home?

Could I
go back?

Do I
want to?

I lie,
quietly
for
a moment;
a soft
voice
cooing.

I am
happy,
safe,
loved.

I am
here.

© Nichole Donjé

Author: Personal Coach and Artist

Certified Meditation Coach & Facilitator, Acting Coach (The Grounded Actor), Expressive Arts Coach, Theatre Director & Vice President of the Board of The Players (a historic theatrical club on Gramercy Park in NYC) View all posts by Personal Coach and Artist