ONE MORE BREATH

Yeah…

I was tired of waking up just bleeding inside.

Every night felt final

But I’m still here…

Head full of static, walls closing in

Smile on my face, but I’m hollow within.

The clock keeps ticking like it wants me gone.

Every second screaming, “How are you still holding on?”

Been fighting ghosts I haven’t talked about

Writing goodbye notes I never sent out

Mirror won’t look me straight in the eyes.

‘Cause it knows I’ve been flirting with the end of the line

Hands shaking, chest tight, lungs feel weak

My heart is so loud I can get no sleep.

Everybody says, “It’ll be okay.”

But they ain’t inside my head every day.

I stood on the edge.

With the night in my hands

One step away

From letting go of who I am

I was ready to end it, ready to fall.

Ready to silence the pain and the calls

But something inside me screamed WAIT

One more breath—don’t fade away

I was done with the hurt, done with the fight.

But I found a reason buried in the night.

If I’m still breathing, I’m not done.

I won’t lose—I’m the one

I hated myself for feeling this low

For breaking inside but never letting it show

Carried the weight like a chain on my spine

Every “you’re strong” felt like another lie.

But pain doesn’t own me, scars don’t decide

Who I become on the other side

I’ve lost too much just to disappear

Too many demons scared that I’m still here

If you’re listening…

And you feel like this is it—

You’re not weak for hurting.

And you’re not alone in staying.

I was ready to end it, ready to break.

Ready to give the darkness my name

But I found a spark in the ash

A reason to live, a reason to clash

I’m done letting death write my song

I’m still here, I’m still strong.

If I’m still breathing, I fight on.

I won’t quit—I’m not gone.

Still here, still breathing through broken ribs

Every scar is a receipt for the life I lived

They said slow down, said give it time

But I have been fighting wars in my own damn mind.

Thoughts screaming loud like a loaded gun

Every night I felt like I had almost lost one.

But I learned real quick in the darkest place.

Pain doesn’t finish you—pain tests faith

I saw the bottom, felt that pull.

That quiet voice saying, “end it all.”

But I clenched my teeth, bit through hell.

Told that voice it wouldn’t ring my bell.

I’m not from the past, I’m not in doubt.

I’m not the voice trying to take me out.

I’m the proof that the night can’t win.

That the fire still burns under broken skin

If I fall, I rise with blood on my hands.

If I crawl, I crawl like I still got plans.

Every breath a rebellion, every step of war.

I didn’t survive just to suffer more.

I stay for the ones who don’t know my pain.

For the future I will still call myself my name.

I don’t end here—this isn’t done.