I sat outside on the dock, took in the aroma of the fresh sea air. I felt as if the water was hugging me and embracing my loneliness. I just sat there, listening for something, anything, just a sign that I won't be isolated forever. I closed my eyes and pictured happiness. What a cliché. What the **** is happiness anyways? I guess I have to face reality, the scary and horrendous thing that is inevitably my life. What escape do I yearn to achieve you ask? It's rather simple actually. Ultimate freedom The freedom to, and the freedom from.