It happens in the most unexpected ways.

When you’re going about your daily routine

When you flip through your planner, writing down the tasks for the day

When you’re working

When you’re eating that last piece of chocolate

Or sipping from a mug of hot coffee as you gaze out the window

As you brush your hair

Or take a walk in the park.

It happens in the most unexpected ways

Maybe when you’re in the shower,

Or even as you’re running late on a busy day

Maybe when you look in the mirror and draw a dark line of kohl on your lid,

Searching for something you lost, you peer into your own reflection.

It happens in the most unexpected ways-

As you lay in bed late into the night

And, when you finally drift into a restless slumber.

It happens in the most unexpected ways-

One day you open your eyes

One day, something clicks,

On that day, you know you’re free

And on that day

You just know that you’re far from the shallow now.