shake it out

like the old days, i'll channel all these emptiness within me into fuel - something my twenty year old self taught me how, and dance unfettered within.

sixteen year old me first listened to florence + the machine and it pulled her out of the trenches of stoicism & numbness by making her feel so powerful; twenty two year old me listened to florence + the machine this morning at dining hall breakfast and it was still the same - a kind of pure, cathartic feeling of empowerment that i don't know how to put into words.

i feel aimless, but i am not aimless. i have an overarching goal for my time here within these four walls, which is a crucial stepping stone for my time outside of these walls. it is time i stop feeling like i am a drifter. more than anyone i have a series of clear goals that cascade into one another as they take me higher & higher.