Does the weight leave your chest?
Do you no longer feel suffocated,Restrained?
Can you finally speak?
Do your words come out bold and honest
without any guilt?
What about the restlessness?
Do you no longer feel an unceasing need for adventure,
Because you already have it?
Are the chains gone?
Did you finally break free of your cage and gain independence?
Tell me
I need to know,
what is it like to be free?
-g.s.
* * *
Grandma nods as she listens to me, her eyes becoming serious as she takes in my words.
"I thought something was wrong."
I don't look away from her gaze as she meets my eyes.
She smiles, reaching out to take my hand.
"Congratulations Soraya."