Okay so I love my mom and 
I'm proud of my family and
I adore my best friend and
I have this house that I call home and 
my cat, oh he's the sweetest and
even the cracks in the ceiling at my school are familiar and
I know the noises the stairs will make when I walk up them 
but
here's the thing. 

When we were driving really fast
in that black Uber car
away from New York City,
everything that I knew started to melt and 
for some reason,
this feeling in my chest rose up
and I knew it was right. 

I think I knew it all along.