When the ground gave way beneath my feet
I didn’t pray for mercy, I learned to bleed
Every scar became a line I crossed
I paid the price, I counted the cost
They mistook my silence for defeat
Didn’t hear the thunder in my heartbeat
While they watched, waiting for my end
I was sharpening what I’d become
Time doesn’t favor the loud or the fast
It remembers the ones who last
Not luck, not chance, not fate
I stayed standing — I learned to wait
They never fall
They never fade away
Even broken, they outlive the pain
They can bleed, but they don’t disappear
Legends don’t die
They stay right here
I’ve seen kings collapse in borrowed crowns
I’ve seen fake gods crumble to the ground
I didn’t need a throne to rise
My power grew where the light denied
No applause when I chose to stay
No witnesses to the war I faced
But when the smoke finally cleared
My name was heavier than fear
This wasn’t fire handed to me
I walked through hell deliberately
If you survive what tries to erase you
You become something time can’t undo
They never fall
They never fade away
Even shattered, they carry the flame
They can bleed, but they don’t disappear
Legends don’t die
They stay right here
If they remember me
Let it be for what I faced
Not the crown upon my head
But the shadows I outran
If tomorrow ends it all
I’ve already carved my mark
Because those who conquer themselves
Outrun the dark
They never fall
They rise from the dust
Scars on their skin
Like medals of trust
Empires break, the world rewrites
But legends don’t die
They survive the night
As long as there’s a voice
As long as there’s a spark
I live beyond the noise
I live beyond the dark
Time can’t erase
What was forged to endure
Legends don’t die
They become immortal.
LUMEN
