Fire and Breath

Breathing in, breathing out, caught between fire and air

Every day a new battle, a silent fight I share

Faces look but don't see, words fall through the cracks

Living with a storm inside, no time to look back

Some days I feel like I’m walking through smoke, feeling lost

Other days I breathe easy, no matter the cost

Telling my story feels like speaking a different tongue

Searching for understanding, but the words come undone

It hurts when they don’t see, don’t hear what I really say

Living with an invisible weight, pushing me away

But I keep fighting, keep hoping, keep trying to explain

Inside this fragile body, there's fire and pain

Fire in my lungs, fighting to survive

Breathe in the hope, fight to stay alive

Living with the fire, yet longing for calm

Can you understand me? Can you hear my alarm?

Sometimes anger rises, quick and fierce

It's the only thing I feel clearly, the pain I bear appears

But beneath the wrath, there's a desperate plea

For empathy, for connection, to truly see

So I’ll keep on breathing, keep on fighting through the dark

Hoping someday someone will hear my silent bark

My story's not simple, my battles are real

Living with fire and hope, that's all I feel when I’m the only one who can see the world in a different light

I am still alive, still breathing, still fighting the pain that no one else can see or feel

So when I speak about my own pain and suffering that I carry inside of me so the world better be listening to me

when I have been suffering through this pain for a long time now with no one to hear my voice, or share words of wisdom, encouragement, and support for the invisible war I’ve been fighting inside of me