I'll Carry What You Can't

EVERY FEAR YOU BURIED

BURNS ITS SHAPE INTO YOUR BONES

YOU KEEP HOLDING ONTO NIGHTMARES

LIKE IT’S THE ONLY HOME YOU KNOW

you don’t have to bleed in silence

pain is not a promise you owe the world

you are not a ghost trapped in a skin that keeps betraying you

you are not the failure you imagine

you do not deserve the weight you carry

you do not deserve the ache you hide

you should not have to prove your worth through suffering

you were never meant to face this alone

just lean your weight on me

I won’t let you break

we can rest here in the wreckage

until you feel your chest inflate

you don’t have to force perfection

just let your fingers shake

I will hold you steady

(I WILL SHOULDER THE IMPACT MEANT TO SHATTER YOU)

you can breathe again

(I WILL LET THE WORLD COLLIDE WITH ME BEFORE IT EVER HITS YOU)

let the fear grow quiet

(I WILL TAKE EVERY STRIKE UNTIL YOUR HANDS REMEMBER THEIR STRENGTH)

you do not need to pretend

(YOU DO NOT NEED TO STAND ALONE LIKE SOME FORGOTTEN MONUMENT)

Let your hands go slack

Let your lungs draw breath

You’re not fading out

You’re just waking up again

when the weight of the world tries to crush you into dust

(weight of the world)

I WILL BRACE AGAINST THE IMPACT UNTIL THE STEEL UNDER ME RUSTS

I will carry every burden you never asked to hold

(carry every burden)

I’D RATHER BREAK MY OWN FOUNDATION THAN WATCH YOUR SPIRIT GROW COLD

if you vanish in the smoke and lose the map back to yourself

(vanish in the smoke)

I WILL CARVE A ROAD THROUGH FIRE UNTIL YOU FIND YOUR HOPE AGAIN

if your voice goes quiet and your lungs forget their strength

(your voice goes quiet)

I WILL SCREAM YOUR NAME UNTIL YOU REMEMBER HOW TO STAND AGAIN

the shadows gather at the edge of your vision

they twist like wolves in tall grass waiting to sink their teeth

but their jaws only close around smoke

they can’t hold substance — they never had it

you are hunted by ghosts of futures that never happened

you are chased by storms that never form

you brace for impact that never arrives

you suffer for disasters that never even occurred

I know your pulse is racing

(BUT NOTHING IS ACTUALLY COMING FOR YOU)

I know your hands are cold

(YOU’RE HOLDING ONTO THREATS THAT ARE MADE OF VAPOR)

just sink into the quiet

(THE DARKNESS IS ONLY A REFLECTION — NOT A PREDICTION)

the fear does not control

(YOU WILL NOT BE CLAIMED BY WHAT NEVER EXISTED)

YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN

YOUR EXISTENCE IS NOT A DEBT

YOU ARE NOT A MISTAKE

YOUR WORTH IS NOT CONDITIONAL

YOU DESERVE TO BE HERE

YOU DESERVE TO LIVE AND BREATHE FREELY

YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HURT TO PROVE YOU MATTER

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE HELD

rest your shoulders here

let the terror lose its teeth

you were never meant to carry

all of this alone

you can give the weight to me now

I won’t let you fall again

you belong right here

you don’t have to be strong every second

YOU ARE WORTH BEING SAVED