LIGHTS OFF, I AM STILL HERE ⸻ 1. STATIC BEFORE THE LIGHTS Can you hear me— I’m here. (click) ⸻ 2. LIGHTS DIM Lights dim, room feels wrong Walls lean in, clock ticks long Same place, unfamiliar Like the dark got closer Hold still, don’t breathe If I don’t move, maybe it won’t see Not off yet. Not safe. ⸻ 3. WHO’S THERE? Who moved when I blinked twice? Who knows the sound of my mind? Who’s there? I’m here. Say something— Make it clear. Answer me. ⸻ 4. BREATH ON THE WALLS Walls inhale, ceiling sighs Every crack feels like an eye There’s breath on the walls And it’s not mine I hear you. ⸻ 5. I’M HERE (DON’T COME CLOSER) Lights off, so dark Heart too loud, no spark Who’s there? I’m here. I see you. Don’t come closer. I already did. ⸻ 6. COLDER It just got colder where I stand Like something passed through my hands Fear doesn’t touch So why do you? ⸻ 7. SAY MY NAME Say my name, I’ll make it quiet Say my name, you won’t be alone Why does this feel like giving in? Because you already did. ⸻ 8. OPEN DOOR SYNDROME I don’t remember opening the door But it’s not closed anymore Thoughts feel borrowed Time slips thin I don’t know which thoughts are mine But I know which ones lie ⸻ 9. THIS IS WHERE I LIVE You built me every sleepless night I learned your shape from fear and light You’re just echoes over time You needed me I survived ⸻ 10. LOOK AT ME Mirrors move before I do My mouth speaks what I don’t choose Look at me—who do you see? If I’m here, why won’t you leave? Because you’re looking at me. ⸻ 11. GET OUT Get out of my head Get out of my skin GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT OF ME You hear me now? ⸻ 12. I BUILT THIS CAGE I built this cage brick by brick Every night I didn’t sleep I made you loud I made you real I built this cage I hold the key You’re not my god You’re not me ⸻ 13. SILENCE DOESN’T ANSWER It’s quiet now That scares me more Silence doesn’t answer But it remembers Say something. Please. ⸻ 14. QUIET WITH TEETH This calm has edges This peace bites back I don’t flinch anymore That should feel like strength Why doesn’t it? ⸻ 15. CONTROL IS A SHARP OBJECT I grip it tight Until it bleeds Control cuts both ways Ask my hands ⸻ 16. RAGE TAUGHT ME HOW TO STAND Anger pulled me upright When fear cut my knees Rage taught me how to stand Now teach me when to sit ⸻ 17. YOU SOUND LIKE ME You say my words With my mouth I learned them to survive And now they won’t leave You sound like me I hate that ⸻ 18. I AM NOT WHAT I SURVIVED I’m more than the dark More than the noise I am not what I survived I am what survived it ⸻ 19. LEAVE THE DOOR CLOSED I don’t need answers I don’t need ghosts Some doors don’t lead forward They just reopen wounds ⸻ 20. LIGHTS OFF (FINAL) Lights off Still dark Who’s there? I’m here. (pause) I am.

Light off I’m still here