{"id":2012,"date":"2012-04-01T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2012-04-01T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T14:00:03","slug":"everything-has-a-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2012\/04\/poetry-in-motion\/everything-has-a-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Has A First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Don\u2019t we all remember our first time? There\u2019s a first time for everything, and while the lines in this poem don\u2019t accurately reflect my own \u201cfirst time\u201d experiences, I think it might help some folks out there to see the early, tell-tale warning signs of a behavior pattern and\/or circumstantial evidence of a person bound for a life on the road. Personally, I can relate the most to the last paragraph \u2013 it\u2019s a brain teaser, but I find it eerily true. If you were to think back on your own life, especially those developmental and impressionable years, would you remember things that you\u2019ve done or behavioral patterns that may have indicated that you were born to truck? I know I can recall many such memories. Admittedly, I was somewhat of a lost cause when it came to anyone trying to talk me out of my desire to drive a truck. I would not let it go. Everything I did revolved around trucks! Now, I\u2019m certain we can all remember our first time behind the wheel of a big rig. For some, it may have been fairly recently and for others, like me, it was at a young age (perhaps on a farm or sitting on dad\u2019s lap and just taking the wheel for a moment \u2013 that would be burned into your memory like nothing else). But, then again, some have yet to take the wheel. If you\u2019re reading this and wondering if you\u2019ve really got it in you to give it a try, well, my friends, there\u2019s a first time for everything!<\/p>\n

MY FIRSTS!
\nBy Trevor Hardwick<\/p>\n

My first breath was a gasp with diesel smoke.
\nOne might think a breath like that,
\nWould make you wanna choke.
\nThere\u2019s nothin\u2019 like the taste of diesel,
\nBurnin\u2019 in your throat…
\nBut my first breath was a gasp of diesel smoke!<\/p>\n

My first words were mom and dad and truck.
\nThey tried to teach me other words,
\nBut that\u2019s where I was stuck.
\nThey must have known that all three,
\nWould do their part to raise me up…
\nBut my first words were mom and dad and truck!<\/p>\n

My first steps were walkin\u2019 out the door.
\nI couldn\u2019t stand to be cooped up,
\nNor could I sit still anymore.
\nA constant change of scenery,
\nIs what I was lookin\u2019 for…
\nSo my first steps were walkin\u2019 out the door!<\/p>\n

Lookin\u2019 back, that\u2019s how it all began.
\nIs it any wonder I became,
\nA travelin\u2019 man?
\nLittle bits of history,
\nThat made me who I am…
\nAnd lookin\u2019 back, that\u2019s how it all began!<\/p>\n

My first love was an unforgiving road.
\nCaught up in her promises,
\nAnd stories that she told.
\nThe old men tried to tell me,
\nShe was beautiful but cold…
\nBut my first love was an unforgiving road!<\/p>\n

My first feel of freedom was the wheel.
\nI grabbed a hold with all my might,
\nAnd that\u2019s when I felt real.
\nSweet vibrations coursing,
\nFrom my hands down to my heels…
\nAnd my first feel of freedom was the wheel!<\/p>\n

My first look at lonely was the line.
\nIt lured me away from a life,
\nI once called mine.
\nIt\u2019s always there beside me,
\nI can see it all the time…
\nBut my first look at lonely was the line!<\/p>\n

Half of my first \u201csecond thoughts\u201d are gone.
\nBut on second thought,
\nMy first thoughts could be wrong.
\nI\u2019ve had my second thoughts,
\nThat I\u2019ve been on the road too long…
\nBut half of my first \u201csecond thoughts\u201d are gone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t we all remember our first time? There\u2019s a first time for everything, and while the lines in this poem don\u2019t accurately reflect my own \u201cfirst time\u201d experiences, I think it might help some folks out there to see the early, tell-tale warning signs of a behavior pattern and\/or circumstantial evidence of a person bound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry-in-motion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}