"...and you can't pull me down"

"Well? Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are..."-Glinda, Wicked

This is not the first time I have started a blog with that quote. (and I was pretty damn proud of the last time I did so take a few moments to go read that too, would you?) And knowing me and how much I love Wicked...it probably won't be the last. It's one of my favorite quotes/moments from the show...because at that moment everything changes. That entire scene is one of the (if not THE) defining moments of the show.

And for those of you who have NOT seen Wicked (and really...if you haven't you should be figuring out how to fix that) the song is "Defying Gravity"...and it is the moment where Elphaba (also known as "The Wicked Witch of the West") decides to take her fate into her own hands and leave. And she realizes that she really DOES have the power to change her fate, thus disproving Glinda's quote.

Lately, I've felt a bit like Elphaba.

I always have identified strongly with the character. Anyone who knew me in college...and knew one of my Littles in college (who identifies strongly with Galinda...the "Good Witch of the North" to some of you) knows that this has been a thing since before I went to college. This show has helped to define and shape who I am.

But lately I've forgotten that. I haven't seriously listened to the cast recording from the show in years. Sure, if a song comes on I'll listen. But it seriously used to be the ONLY thing I would listen to. So tonight when I saw THIS going around tumblr I was reminded of the magic of the show and how much that song means to me.

(Somewhere I have the lyrics to the second verse of the song on the back of a hoodie. I should look for it next time I'm home.)

Lately I've felt like Elphaba. I'm getting ready to graduate and move on to the next part of my life....and I'm not sure what the future is going to bring, but it's coming soon....and when it does I'm going to be ready to meet it. I'm defying gravity.

And nothing can bring me down.

"So if you care to find me...look to the western sky
As someone told me lately "everyone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free
To those who try to ground me take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high defying gravity..."