I cut the cord today. To say it was an umbilical cord wouldn't be completely accurate, but somehow it's still appropriate - it was the only thing feeding me the same information that tied me down and kept me in touch. As soon as I clicked "Yes, please remove from my friends" everything disappeared. Into thin air, virtually of course. There's no going back.
The weight has fallen from me and dropped into the bottomless gorge below. I could finally climb up and see what it was that I have been missing and breathe in the air the flowed so easily by me, through my hair, that it felt like I would fly off the top of the world if only I spread my arms out and allowed the wind to take me.
I am free.
