Untethered (For dh, mm and bs)

The bravest among us
Walk untethered
While the rest of us
Sit happily in our cozy chains
The ones we chose
Until the day
When we are ready
We decide to break free
Taking those first steps
Heart-stopping wonder
That the world is ours
Standing strong against
The vicious anger
The chained ones level at us
Because we were them
And then
Yes, only then
In that moment
As we take those first steps
Do we realize the gift
That the untethered ones are
In our lives
A gift we could never understand
Until we finally
Took those first steps
On our own

For dh, mm and bs, with love.