Fresh sea breeze and ocean sky

People riding their bikes, walking their dogs

The cold sun has finally cleared the fog

Surfers in wetsuits run, pelicans fly

Today, my parents made me go on a walk

The pretense behind these walks I despise

Because they’re a comment on my body in disguise

So on the car ride down, I don’t talk

But when I stepped out into the sea air

I felt a part of something

I felt awake, I felt alive, I felt free

So despite hating why we got there

It became my walk not theirs and nothing

Despite everything, could tell me this isn’t where I’m supposed to be