MIKO
Sweat is dripping down my body, but I am so charged I don't even blink, even as it gets in my eyes.
My trainer is shooting off his command points, and I follow through, as we spar, before moving seamlessly to the next sequence.
I love boxing. It clears my head. Grounds me and makes me feel like I have things under control. That's what I need the most right now. It also helps me gain some clarity, and god knows I need that too lately. My parents called me for the first time in over a year.
The last time we saw each other was when I was moving out of the house, and that's a little over two years ago.
It was bad. After the screaming, curses, and glasses breaking, I figured that it made sense that we would not be speaking to each other any time soon. I have never been close to them, so it didn't matter to me.
My grandparents tried to intervene, but that only made the already broken relationship even more sour, so that was that.
