Like taking a deep breath
Clean cold oxygen
Clear of pollution
Where before you had known only
CO2 and smoke
Like smiling for the first time
Not for any person
Not for friends or family
Not for teachers or mentors
but for yourself
Like opening your eyes
For where before
You had known only darkness
You realize there had
Always been light
Like spreading your arms
Feeling nothing but cool wind
Crisp against tender skin
But rising off the ground
And taking flight