My song

I grew up learning how to read

the air before a word was said

a child standing in the doorway

counting storms inside my head

I kept my feelings folded small

like letters never sent

told myself “just don’t react”

and called that confidence

I wore calm like a uniform

held everything inside

nobody sees the strongest ones

are just the best at hide

But pressure always finds a crack

and truth won’t stay buried long

you can bend for years in silence

still your soul will want a song

So I let it shake, let it break through me

every locked door finally free

I was never weak for feeling pain

I was strong for surviving anyway

I’m still here, standing in my name

not the fear and not the blame

every shadow I went through

lost its power when I faced the truth

I spent years outrunning echoes

filling every quiet space

but the night kept speaking louder

till I finally turned my face

and the monsters weren’t monsters

just the child I left behind

asking me to hold her gently

not outrun her every time

So I held the parts I used to fight

and they softened in my hands

turns out healing isn’t winning

it’s learning you can stand

Now I breathe and I don’t rush

I don’t disappear in dust

I don’t carry every world alone

I am finally my own

I’m still here, louder than before

not afraid of anymore

what once chased me in the dark

now just beats inside my heart

And if I fall I won’t collapse

I know how to come back

every road that hurt me then

taught me how to live again