I'm Still Here

Still breathing in the dark

Still standing where I fell

Another night to prove

I didn’t disappear

I learned how to laugh before I learned to heal

Jokes like armor kept the damage sealed

Family showed me how to stand my ground

Not much peace but roots held down

Talked fast learned sharp stayed alert

Found out early how the world works

If you pause too long you fall behind

So I kept moving one step at a time

Stopped waiting on the truth to land

Started playing the cards in my hand

I’m still here yeah I took my hits

Lost my footing never lost this

Heart still beats humor still swings

I bend I bruise but I don’t break things

I ain’t disposable never was

I survive first the rest comes after

Some nights I lie awake and feel it all

Every hope I held every time I fall

Miss the way it burned to trust to care

Miss believing someone’d meet me there

I give too much my chest still aches

Learned it hard still every choice I make

I’d risk it all again without pause

That’s what it costs to open your cause

Learned real quick what to let go

Some fights cost more than you know

I’m still here yeah I took my hits

Lost some ground never lost my grit

Some stayed solid when the rest went thin

That kind of loyalty pulls you in

I ain’t disposable never was

I survive first the rest comes after

I love easy yeah I always have

Fall in quick don’t overplan

When I’m in I’m in all the way

I don’t half-stay I don’t halfway

Words sound good actions don’t

I stay solid most people won’t

Still here now still holding ground

Trying to build without burning it down

There were nights with nowhere to land

Just me the dark an open hand

Didn’t turn cruel didn’t turn cold

Just got tired of being sold

Didn’t quit didn’t cave in

Just learned how to live with the skin

I’m still here yeah I took my hits

Still standing in the middle of it

Still learning how to speak my mind

Without burning what I’m trying to find

I ain’t disposable never was

I survive first the rest comes after

Still here

Still standing

Still breathing