The First Breath

#8 What can I share or teach someone else

We used to share the ocean sucking the same juice the vigor of the sea

It filled our heart and lungs with the essence of being of the “knowing”

One umbilical cord shared in the blue that nourished and brushed our souls

With the very first breath the nectar in the chest our shared mother and the smell of the marine

We’ve just forgotten

who we are

During the pregnancy, the fetus’s lung and heart are filled with amniotic fluid. As the baby takes the first breath and a few more, he will begin to breathe through his lung.

Thank you, Tree Langdon and Claire Kelly for this insightful “10-day poetry Challenge.”

Thank you Diana C. for reading and publishing my poem on your fabulous platform, Know Thyself, Heal Thyself.

Thank you all writers and readers with your warm heart; Dr Mehmet Yildiz Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff) Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) Pierre Trudel Dr. Preeti Singh Dr. Fatima Imam Dr Michael Heng Bill Abbate Lanu Pitan Edward Robson, PhD Gurpreet Dhariwal Agnes Laurens Filza Chaudhry Denise Larkin Dennett Dave Logan Alberto García 🚀🚀🚀 Stuart Englander Spyder TC Hails Trista Signe Ainsworth Jupiter Grant Laurie Perez Amy Marley Dr. Amy Pierovich Margie Willis Carol Burt Anthony O'Dugan Hussan Ara Elvie❤️ Lins Yana Bostongirl Ching Ching Aldric Chen Xu Xu, Ph.D. afzal khan Thank you!