BUILT FROM THE RUINS

I watched it all collapse...

So I learned how to build again.

I woke beneath the wreckage of the life I knew,

Every broken promise cutting straight through.

The walls came down, the foundation cracked,

But buried underneath was something fighting back.

I took the pieces they called worthless,

Held them in my hands.

Every scar became a blueprint,

Every wound became a plan.

Brick by brick, breath by breath,

I rebuild what remains of me.

I AM BUILT FROM THE RUINS!

FORGED IN THE FLAMES!

EVERY PIECE THEY BROKE

I'LL RECLAIM!

I'M NOT THE WRECKAGE!

I'M NOT THE FALL!

I BUILT MYSELF

FROM THE ASHES OF IT ALL!

I used to curse the hands that let me fall,

Now I thank the darkness for teaching me to crawl.

I learned that strength isn't never breaking—

It's standing in the aftermath

And choosing what you're making.

No borrowed skin, no borrowed soul,

No more living half-alive.

I buried who I had to be

So who I am could rise.

TEAR IT DOWN!

CLEAR THE GROUND!

LAY THE FOUNDATION!

BONE BY BONE!

STONE BY STONE!

I AM MY OWN CREATION!

I AM BUILT FROM THE RUINS!

FORGED IN THE FLAMES!

EVERY PIECE THEY BROKE

I'LL RECLAIM!

I'M NOT THE WRECKAGE!

I'M NOT THE FALL!

I BUILT MYSELF

FROM THE ASHES OF IT ALL!

I don't need to erase the past

To become someone new.

The cracks are part of who I am,

And I'm stronger because I made it through.

YOU BROKE THE OLD ME!

BUT YOU COULDN'T BREAK MY WILL!

I FELL!

I BLED!

I BURNED!

I BUILT!

I AM BUILT FROM THE RUINS!

FORGED IN THE FLAMES!

I CARRIED EVERY SCAR

AND I GAVE IT A NAME!

I'M NOT THE WRECKAGE!

I'M NOT THE FALL!

I BUILT MYSELF

FROM THE ASHES OF IT ALL!

Brick by brick.

Scar by scar.

I became who I am.

Not despite what destroyed me—

Because I survived it.