Softness Saved Me

I was a wild child, barefoot in the clover

Moon in the pines and a storm in my chest

Then came a softness calling me closer

And taught me a wounded heart could rest

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

Softness saved me

She moved through the world with a hush about her

Kind eyes that made a frightened spirit stay

Some souls can touch a bruise without pressing

And leave a little light where shadows lay

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

Softness saved me

I kept that grace like something almost sacred

A hidden ember cupped against the cold

First love can live as reverence before naming

A quiet treasure carried, never sold

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

Softness saved me

I learned some light arrives in whispers

Not every shield is forged in flame

Some souls survive because one gentle witness

Speaks your brokenness without shame

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

Softness saved me

I thought the wild in me was only warning

A thing that watched and bared its teeth at night

But mercy taught the wolf another language

And turned old fear into a steadier light

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

Softness saved me

Now when I offer shelter to another

I hear that old compassion in the thread

The hand that once reached softly through my darkness

Still teaches love to walk where fear once led

Softness saved me

When fear had made its home inside

Not thunder, not fury, not steel

Just kindness teaching wounds to heal

And what once sheltered me in silence

Lives now in the words I sing

Softness saved me