Ashes Don’t Bleed

Bruises bloom beneath the skin

Like poison roses closing in

Every hallway felt like war

Every lock another door

You said my silence kept me safe

But fear became the air I breathed

Hands like chains around my throat

Still somehow I never broke

You tried to carve your name in me

Left your ghosts beneath my teeth

But I survived the wreckage whole

You never touched my soul

I am the fire you couldn’t kill

The heartbeat screaming louder still

Dragged through hell, I crawled back clean

From bloodstained nights and shattered dreams

You left scars, but scars don’t kneel

Ashes don’t bleed

And neither will I

Different faces, same cold eyes

Predators wrapped in disguise

Every “no” ignored like smoke

Every promise turned to rot

I carried shame that wasn’t mine

Buried it beneath my spine

But shame decays when truth is known

Now I stand in skin and bone

You wanted me afraid forever

A body built to break under pressure

But I became the storm instead

A voice raised from the dead

I am the fire you couldn’t kill

The heartbeat screaming louder still

Dragged through hell, I crawled back clean

From bloodstained nights and shattered dreams

You left scars, but scars don’t kneel

Ashes don’t bleed

And neither will I

I hear the younger me still crying in the dark

Counting every crack inside a broken heart

So I’ll become the shelter I was never given

A war-born soul learning how to live again

You took and took and took from me

But there’s one thing you’ll never see—

A victim buried underneath

I dug her out

I gave her teeth

I am the fire you couldn’t kill

A thousand wounds and standing still

You tried to drown me in your shame

But I survived and spoke my name

No more fear for you to steal

Ashes don’t bleed

And neither will I