Loyalty

I gave my loyalty away like rivers to the sea

Held people together while unraveling silently

Built homes in broken places trying to keep the peace

While parts of me kept disappearing every time I tried to please

I carried people through storms while drowning in my own

Called overgiving love because survival felt like home

Kept pouring from an empty cup hoping someone would pour back

But the truth is some people only know how to take, not build what they lack

Now I see it clearly

My heart was never weak

I just forgot the same devotion I gave others belonged to me

So I stopped abandoning myself for temporary connection

And started rebuilding my life with discipline and direction

Loyalty

Now I give it to my healing

To the vision I’m revealing

To becoming who I’m meant to be

The same love I gave away became the thing rebuilding me

I stayed loyal to people who only loved fragments of me

Who celebrated my strength but ignored what I would need

I bent until I almost broke trying to keep everybody whole

Never realizing self betrayal was exhausting my soul

There were nights I questioned everything I tried to become

Wondering if my heart was broken or if I was simply numb

But pain became a teacher when I finally stood still

And every hard lesson sharpened my spirit and my will

So now I move different

More grounded, less afraid

I don’t chase validation from people who cannot reciprocate

The energy I used begging for understanding and love

Now builds foundations beneath me instead of burning me up

Loyalty

Now I give it to my healing

To the vision I’m revealing

To becoming who I’m meant to be

The same love I gave away became the thing rebuilding me

Every scar became wisdom

Every ending became sight

Every lonely night taught me how to stand and hold myself upright

I’m not losing my softness

I’m just learning where it belongs

Because loyalty without boundaries can keep pain alive too long

And I finally understand

I was never too much

I just kept planting gardens in places that couldn’t grow love

Now my future feels different because my energy finally sees

The same loyalty I gave the world can also be given to me

Loyalty

Now I give it to my healing

To the vision I’m revealing

To becoming who I’m meant to be

The same love I gave away became the thing rebuilding me