Me

I learned to breathe in empty rooms

Where love was loud but never true

I carried weight I couldn’t choose

Still tied my shoes and followed through

They said I’d break, they said I’d fold

That I was too quiet, too controlled

But fire doesn’t need to shout

It burns from deep, it figures out

I’ve been tired, I’ve been scared

I’ve screamed into the air

But every night I made a vow

I’m still standing here right now

I’m still walking through the dark

With my hands shaking, but my heart

Knows the way even when I don’t

I bend, I bleed, but I don’t go

I’ve lost pieces, lost some years

Learned to live with all these fears

But if this road is all I see

I’ll walk it till it walks with me

I was taught to stay small and still

To swallow truth, to break my will

But something in me wouldn’t die

A quiet voice that said “Don’t hide”

I don’t need crowns, I don’t need fame

I just need peace, I need my name

Spoken gently, spoken clear

I’m still here, yeah I’m still here

Every scar is proof I tried

Every tear I never lied

I didn’t quit, I didn’t run

I stayed when leaving felt like fun

I’m still walking through the dark

With my hands shaking, but my heart

Knows the way even when I don’t

I bend, I bleed, but I don’t go

I’ve lost pieces, lost some years

Learned to live with all these fears

But if this road is all I see

I’ll walk it till it walks with me

Maybe hope is just a spark

In a world that loves the dark

But I guard it like my life

‘Cause it saved me every night

I don’t know where I’ll end up

But I know what I’m made of

And that’s enough to move ahead

With everything I’ve never said

I’m still walking, head held low

But my steps are mine to own

If the sky falls, let it fall

I’ve survived worse, I recall

I don’t need saving, I don’t wait

I carve my future from my fate

I’m not done, I’m not gone

I’m the proof I still go on

Still walking…

Still here…

Still me.