A person who has lived their entire life inside a cage, who has never been outside it, who has no memory of anything beyond its walls — to them, the cage is the world. The boundaries of their captivity feel like the natural boundaries of reality.

The liberation of returning what was never yours is not an act of rejection. Tt is an act of clarity. You are not abandoning anyone. You are setting down what was never meant to be yours to carry.

You have tried to let it go. Here is why it is still there — and what your body needs you to understand before release is actually possible.