Quiet Companion

Grass feels strange beneath my paws

Not cold, not warm, just new

The air is filled with quiet things

I don’t know, but feel them too

Light moves softly on my face

Like it’s learning me

This is my first breath outside

Nothing chasing, nothing wide

Just the world saying hello

Slow enough for me to know

This is my first breath outside

I’m not lost, I’m just surprised

Every sound arrives in turns

Nothing asking me to run

I stand still and let it pass

Wind and shadow, shade and sun

I don’t need to understand

I just let it in

This is my first breath outside

Every moment open-eyed

No fear written in the sky

Just the space where I arrive

This is my first breath outside

I don’t rush, I don’t hide

This is my first breath outside

Held by earth on every side

If I stay, the world will stay

Right here, anyway

You stand close but let me be

Just enough room to choose

I look back once, then forward twice

Testing what is true

Nothing pulls, nothing calls

But something feels like mine

This is my first breath outside

Learning where my courage hides

In this quiet, I can feel

The start of something real

This is my first breath outside

I’m still small… but I’m alive

Some beginnings need no sound

No big step, no open ground

They are made of tiny stays

And the trust that doesn’t fade

Before I run, before I roam

I learn the shape of home

First breath outside… stay slow, stay light

First breath outside… feels right