Scars In My Mind

I don't know when it started

This quiet kind of ache

It hums beneath the surface

And steals the breath I fake

I skip another meal

Tell another lie

Say “I'm just tired”

Then cry when no one's nearby

And I know you’d want to hold me

But I’m scared you’d fall too far

This isn’t something you can carry

And I don’t want to leave a scar

There are scars in my mind

And I don’t know how to fight

But when I see you, I breathe again

Like maybe I could try again

You're the only voice that cuts the noise

The only light that feels like choice

You’re not the cure, but you’re the guide

Through the dark with these scars in my mind

Some days I hate myself

More than I can explain

It’s not dramatic — it’s just quiet

Like slowly leaking pain

I feel broken in ways I can’t show

But your hand in mine says maybe I’m not alone

And I don’t want to drag you down

But you keep pulling me toward solid ground

You don’t flinch when I get quiet

You don’t run from what you see

You stay — and somehow that tells me

Maybe I can learn to be

Even with these scars in my mind

You look at me like I still shine

Like I’m worth the weight I carry

Like I could be something steady

And I’m so scared to let you in

But loving you feels like a win

Like maybe healing isn’t blind

When you're walking through the scars in my mind

I don’t need saving — I just need time

And someone to sit with me inside

This place I barely understand

And you… you just hold my hand

So I’ll try — because you’re here

And you love me without a fear

You're the reason I want help

The reason I might forgive myself

You’re not the fix, you’re just the light

But that’s what keeps me alive at night

You're the quiet hope I’m trying to find

In the echo of these scars in my mind

Yeah, I’m still lost sometimes

But you’re why I want to survive