Portrait of Escape

Escape: (verb) to break free from confinement or control.

As I see it: (verb) to remove myself from a situation or place of oppression, pain, and hindrance, to one of understanding, appreciation, and growth; to seek out and find happiness.

I am the one that got away. I am the one that got out. I am the one who continues to prove them wrong and defy the system. I am one of the few who decided against conformism and cookie-cutters. I am in good company with the people who actually shaped our culture, our world, as we now know it. A responsible rebel. I am one of those. I am that girl. It’s not and will never be about running away. It’s about running towards the future and leaving the past behind. Escape is daring to believe that there is something else and something better to seek, do, become. Escape is risking everything for a slim possibility, but a potentially brilliant one at that.

I will continue to escape the things that just aren’t enough, because escape is worth it. Maybe one day I will stop running and defying norms. Perhaps I will settle. But for now, escape is all I have, and escape has defined me. I have escaped, and I will escape again.