Ashes of Myself

I buried my name...

Under everything they told me I should be.

I wore a thousand faces just to survive,

Cut out pieces of myself to feel alive.

Built my cage from every word they said,

Then called it home while I disappeared.

I watched the years turn into ghosts,

I gave away the things I needed most.

But underneath the silence, underneath the scars,

Something inside me still remembered who we are.

I hear a voice beneath the noise—

A broken heartbeat finding its choice.

I AM NOT THE SHADOW THEY LEFT BEHIND!

I'M TEARING DOWN THE WALLS INSIDE!

From the ashes, from the pain,

I am learning my name again!

You can bury me, but I won't stay gone—

I found the fire I was running from!

I fed my fear till it swallowed me whole,

Let regret put chains around my soul.

But every scar became a map in the dark,

Every failure left another burning spark.

Now I look into the mirror and I don't look away,

I see every shattered piece I tried to erase.

I don't need to be the person I was before—

I'm becoming something stronger than I ever was.

ENOUGH!

OF BEING WHAT YOU WANT!

ENOUGH!

OF EVERYTHING I'M NOT!

I'M DONE WITH THE LIE!

I'M DONE WITH THE FEAR!

I'LL DRAG MYSELF OUT

AND I'LL KEEP MYSELF HERE!

I AM NOT THE SHADOW THEY LEFT BEHIND!

I'M TEARING DOWN THE WALLS INSIDE!

From the ashes, from the pain,

I am learning my name again!

You can bury me, but I won't stay gone—

I found the fire I was running from!

Maybe finding myself

Was never going back.

Maybe I had to lose it all

To know what I still had.

I LOST MY WAY!

I LOST MYSELF!

I HIT THE BOTTOM—

AND I ROSE FROM HELL!

I AM STILL HERE!

I AM STILL ALIVE!

I TURNED THE DARKNESS

INTO SOMETHING I CAN FIGHT!

From the ashes, from the pain,

I finally know my name!

No more hiding, no more running—

I FOUND MYSELF AGAIN!

This is my voice.

This is my face.

This is my life.

And I won't give it away.