Porcelain Soul

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I learned to tiptoe past the rage

Read the silence like a prayer on a torn-out page

Felt love like a loaded gun

Always aimed, but never run

They smiled and said I seemed so shy

Didn’t see the storm behind my eyes

I wore the quiet like a crown

They never saw me breaking down

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I built a life from broken glass

Told myself, “the worst will pass”

But every crack still echoes loud

When no one’s there to hear the sound

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I’m not fragile, I’m just full of cracks

A porcelain soul they can’t put back

Still bleeding ink from things unsaid

Dancing with ghosts inside my head

If I look cold, it’s just defense

I learned the hard way what love meant

I’m not fragile...

But I’ve been close

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They told me pain just makes you wise

Then mocked the tears I tried to hide

So I turned my hurt into a stage

And wrote my truth on every page

I joke, I sing, I play it cool

But trauma doesn’t follow rules

I’ve stitched my wounds into a song

But healing’s slow when hurt so long

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And every laugh is part disguise

My calm is just a compromise

But even glass can catch the light

Even shadows burn at night

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I’m not fragile, I’m just full of cracks

A porcelain soul they can’t put back

Still bleeding ink from things unsaid

Dancing with ghosts inside my head

If I look cold, it’s just defense

I learned the hard way what love meant

I’m not fragile...

But I’ve been close

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I used to dream in black and white

Now I write in shades of fight

You call me strong, but never knew

The child I was had no one too

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I’m not fragile, I’m just full of cracks

A porcelain soul still finding its track

Still here, still real, still standing tall

Even when I feel nothing at all

I’m not perfect, but I won’t pretend

This voice is mine until the end

I’m not fragile...

But I’ve been close

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They called me quiet… but I was never silent.