A Mother’s Prison

From your prison not made of stone or steel which obscured all that was real

A child was born into a life full of roses and thorns

Your past left the scars deep within, from the day he was born.

Verse 2:

He carried your shadows like chains on his soul, he never knew the whole

story you buried beneath all the silent storms

Whispers of hurt in the walls of home, sang echoes that will forever be worn

Teaching him fear long before he was alone

Chorus:

But I’m breaking the bars you built inside

Learning to feel what you learned to hide

Every tear that you swallowed, I’m setting free

From the prison you gave me, I’m finding me

Verse 3:

Years passed like pages you tried to erase, lines on my heart I could trace back to the nights when the darkness would call

I forgave what you couldn’t forgive in your own destiny, I laid your ghost to rest in the sea

And chose to stand tall where you had to crawl

Bridge:

No more inheriting pain like a name

No more wearing your shame like a flame

I can see through the cracks where the light finally pours

These roses are mine now—the thorns no more

Chorus

Yes, I’m breaking the bars you built inside

Turning your silence to song in the sky

Every wound that you carried is healing in me

From the prison you gave me, I’m finally free