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The air starts to burn and I begin to suck it deeper and deeper into my lungs. Forcing them to expand further than they have in months. I feel the cement pounding under my sneakers, and the music pouring into my ears encourages me. Gives me the strength to fly. My body starts to give warning signs of pain but I wave off the signals and charge forward. Out in the air there aren't any bills. Any stress. Any critical thinking. Look both ways and cross, sun dancing down on my already perspiring back. I slow down to a jog and let the endorphins take reign. I hear my own unexpected laughter as I taper off into a walk. You are as free as you make yourself.