Off to College
She's going far
and i don't mean a
"two hour drive to a different city" far
i mean a
"seven hour flight across the country" far
but She chose this on her own
She didn't need permission to leave
She's not asking to
spend the night at a friends house this time
She's not asking to
move across the country
She's not demanding it either
She is taking a leap
once She realized that
no one was holding her back
but herself
She stopped walking and
decided to leap
just like how She decided to
leap off the bed when She was
five and sprained her ankle
She sprained her ankle but
what She didn't know then is
that whatever the
outcome of her choosing to
leap would be her responsibility
as She continued to grow
She stopped leaping and hesitantly walked
She weighed herself down
without realizing it
but now
She is releasing those weights and beginning to
leap again
accepting full responsibility for whatever the
outcome may be
whether it may be
200 miles away or
2000 miles away
She will leap unapologetically