Velvet Without Roses

Velvet without roses, silk without the thorns

I don’t need a lover just to feel like I was born

Lipstick in the mirror, dancing on my own

Every scar a shimmer, every crack a home

Told me I was fragile, but I’m made of flame

Tried to write me tragic, but I flipped the name

Cried in gold mascara, smiled through the ache

Turned a heartbreak into something they can't fake

I’m velvet, I’m fire, I’m thunder in disguise

No prince, no liar, just truth in my eyes

No roses, no poses, no love on my sleeve

But I bloom every time that I choose to believe

Wrote my own rhythm, sang without a muse

I don’t chase approval, I don’t play to lose

Moonlight on my shoulders, stars beneath my skin

I'm soft like a secret, strong like a sin

Not your sweet disaster, not your porcelain

Not the girl who breaks just to fit back in

I don’t need your verses, I got my own prose

Velvet in the chaos, no need for a rose

Velvet without roses, and I still shine

No love letters, just this heart of mine

Don’t need a hand to hold or a name to write

I'm whole in my silence, I bloom in the night