Still bleeding

I smile like I’m fine, but it’s paper-thin

A quiet storm’s raging underneath my skin

They say time heals, but they don’t see

These ghosts that live inside of me

I reach for light, but shadows pull

A heart once whole, now never full

And every word you left unsaid

Still echoes loud inside my head

I'm still bleeding where you can’t see

Wounds so deep, they never leave

I scream in silence, drown in pain

Wishing you’d just feel the same

But I’m alone with what you took

A broken page in your closed book

I replay moments like old films

Every touch, every fight, every whim

I held you close while losing me

Now I don’t know who I’m supposed to be

I gave you love, you gave me scars

A sky full of forgotten stars

And though you're gone, you're still right here

In every drop of every tear

I'm still bleeding where you can’t see

Wounds so deep, they never leave

I scream in silence, drown in pain

Wishing you’d just feel the same

But I’m alone with what you took

A broken page in your closed book

Maybe one day I’ll stop this ache

Stop building homes in past mistakes

But tonight I wear the hurt like skin

And let the sorrow breathe again

I'm still bleeding but I will mend

Not today, but in the end

These tears will carve a stronger soul

A softer heart, a brand-new whole

But till then I’ll sing this song

Of hurting deep, of being strong

Still bleeding… but still here

Learning to live with the fear.