Ashes of us

You burned the life we built...

So I'll build another from the ashes.

Sixteen years beneath the same damn sky,

I gave you everything, believed every lie.

You took the trust I buried in your hands,

And shattered our world like broken glass.

I watched forever turn into goodbye,

Saw all our memories bleed and die.

But somewhere beneath this wreckage I found

A voice screaming, **“Get off the ground.”**

I won't carry your betrayal

Like a chain around my neck.

What you destroyed was ours—

Not what comes next.

**I’M STARTING OVER!**

From the ashes of us.

**I’M MOVING FORWARD!**

Because I have to trust

That there's a life beyond this pain,

A heart that can beat again.

You may have buried who I was—

**But you won't bury who I’ll become!**

Every photograph became a ghost,

Every promise became another scar.

I questioned every word you said,

Wondered if I ever knew your heart.

I wanted vengeance, I wanted you to hurt,

But anger only keeps me in the dirt.

So I’ll leave your shadow where it belongs,

And turn this broken heart into a song.

I won't let your choices

Define the man I am.

You broke what we created—

You didn't break my hands.

**I’M STARTING OVER!**

From the ashes of us.

**I’M MOVING FORWARD!**

Because I have to trust

That there's a life beyond this pain,

A heart that can beat again.

You may have buried who I was—

**But you won't bury who I’ll become!**

**NO MORE!**

No more begging for a reason!

**NO MORE!**

No more dying for your treason!

**NO MORE!**

I won't live inside your lie!

You chose to let our forever die—

**SO WATCH ME COME ALIVE!**

I don't need to forget

To finally let you go.

The scars will always tell the story

Of everything I overcame.

**I’M STARTING OVER!**

With the pieces that remain.

**I’M MOVING FORWARD!**

I won't be ruled by pain.

The past can keep its memories,

The future belongs to me.

You destroyed the life we knew—

**Now I'll build one without you.**

The ashes are behind me.

The road is mine to choose.

You took the life we had...

**But you don't get to take my future.**