Re:leave /relief/

Have you ever waited for something for so long that when that very thing finally comes into your possession, you’re unsure what to feel? I am supposed to feel happy. Like stupid happy. But I feel relieved. I feel light. Yet that lightness comes with a surprising and indescribable sense of emptiness. In all these years, I’ve normalized the wait as if they were training weights. To the point, it has become engrained in my existence that regardless of how much I complain about it, I accept and fully embrace it. And now when that wait is finally over, I’m unable to process that missing piece of my life. 

If you’ve ever felt this way, this drawing is for you. Whoever you may be, trust that I now understand this very feeling that you’ve once found yourself having.