today

I went north today to help a friend and decided to drive past the house. I wouldn't have, I don't really care about it at all, but on a lark, I did.

The shrubs are cut way down. No big. It looks bare. Drove around back and as I passed the driveway I was hit with a sharp wave of revulsion. I glanced into the backyard and felt it deep inside me. As I drove away, out of the development, I began to giggle a little. That quickly turned to deep sobbing.

I was free.

I escaped.

Fought and clawed my way out of that cage that I had begun to feel I would never break away from.

Free.