Broken by Xue Jiye

At last, I’ll break away.  Unfettered, I’ll rise.  Free, at last.

But an uncommon heaviness bears down upon me.  Wrongs have been done, lies have been told.  And I’m both victim and accomplice.  I’m no longer sure of myself, of my own position.  Is it possible to undo all that has been done, to rewrite a history so often sung?  Or was this inevitable, things as they were destined to be?  Did I even have a choice?

Regardless, I do now.  I’ll rise.  I’ll show them.  I’ll tear myself away.  Lift up mine eyes and see…  But the weight is too great.  For it is me.

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