Stay when it hurts

1. “STAY WHEN IT HURTS”

I don’t talk about the nights I almost quit

When the silence got so loud I couldn’t sit

There’s a weight I carry no one ever sees

And it doesn’t leave just because I breathe

You say “just let it go”

Like I don’t already try

But some things don’t fade

They just learn how to hide

I stay when it hurts

When it’d be easier to run

I fight through the worst

Even when I come undone

I don’t need to win

I just need to last

If I break again

I’ll piece it back

I stay when it hurts

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Every scar’s a story I don’t explain

Not every wound is meant to be named

You see strength—I see what it cost

All the parts of me I already lost

I’m not fearless

I just don’t leave