Ashes in the Storm

You swore your words like armor,

But I saw right through the steel.

You kissed me with silence,

And promised what you’d never feel.

I danced inside your shadow,

Hoping you’d pull me through.

But even in the firelight,

You never saw the truth.

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And I held on to the thunder,

While you ran from the rain…

Now I see the truth in color,

Not in shades of pain.

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I burned the lies you gave,

Set the echoes in me free—

Watched our love go up in flames,

Like smoke lost on the sea.

I broke the chain you wore,

I don’t need your false reform.

Now I rise from all the pain—

Like ashes in the storm.

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You whispered sweet illusions,

Built a kingdom made of glass.

But every wall you built around me

Shattered like the past.

You left me in the silence,

But I found my voice again.

And now the tears you never noticed

Turn to fire in the end.

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And I stood inside the silence,

While your love became a ghost…

Now I’m not the one that’s drowning—

You’re the one who lost.

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I burned the lies you gave,

Set the echoes in me free—

Watched our love go up in flames,

Like smoke lost on the sea.

I broke the chain you wore,

I don’t need your false reform.

Now I rise from all the pain—

Like ashes in the storm.

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You tried to break me, bend me, leave me blind,

But I found the light you’ll never find.

You lost a heart that truly stayed—

And I found power in the grey.

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I burned the lies you gave…

Set the echoes in me free…

Watched our love go up in flames—

Like smoke lost on the sea…

Now I rise from all the pain—

Like ashes… in the storm.