“Everybody come together/Free!” ~ Cat Power

I was riding through the rolling North Carolina countryside after a blissful weekend at my Gran’s when I noticed how much easier I’d been breathing since the move. I’d just assumed that this had a lot to do with my physical location but what I realized is not that I chose to move away from my demons or pull myself out of being submerged in them so much as I’d just made them leave. They don’t live with me anymore.

This is not to say they won’t visit - exes and demons are alike in that peskiness - but for now, I roam around without them on my shoulder, under my bed, tucked in my closet or crawling under my sleeves for the first time in many many years.

So this is that freedom I’ve been hearing so much about.