The first post

I wasn't sure what to put as my first post here, because I'm still unsure at what purpose this blog will serve. I believe it will be a montage of miscellaneous information about me, about other people and perhaps about life. It will be a combination of my love for life, poetry, food and the people in my life who make a difference. So, enjoy.

Breathing

"Sometimes breathing doesn’t really give you air
To open up your lungs and take it in
It doesn't always give you the freshness
That you crave for a relief

It’s nothing like the sting of salted ocean air
Against your bare cheek
As you let each grain of sand move gently
Between the wrinkles of your fingers

It’s not like the first kiss that surprises you
Even when you’re the first to move in
And your uneven lips touch
And nothing so unsymmetrical, felt so perfect

Its nothing like the feeling of a raindrop
Hitting your nose and rolling down to your lips
And you don’t mind getting caught in
Something that can safely cover you

And when everyday your searching for the
Things you see in the movies and your dreams
But you can’t always see the things in front of you
That could make your whole world stop in it’s tracks

When the days become difficult
That’s the time when you can make the most out of life
Living for the moments that steal your words
And make your mind race a mile a minute

If life was exempt from pain
There would be no way for anyone to learn
No regrets, no tears, and no way to know
What could ever be real, while learning what real is

Sometimes it’s easier for us to believe what is obtainable
People and places that carry the qualities we want to see
Because the ones we truly need for ourselves
Are too difficult for us to open up too and let inside

I want to close my eyes and see my dreams unfold
To know that something I want so desperately
Will come my way, as long as I know
That someday I will deserve it."

-Samantha Doucette