

Another night leaning on the window frame
This room knows my name better than my friends do
I watched the hall light fade till the morning came
Tired eyes tracing cracks in the ceiling again
People said stay close,
then
they slipped like rain
Promises went cold before they learned my hands
I got good at carrying what nobody sees
Walking through the dark without asking for rescue
I kept my mouth shut,
kept my back straight
Held every bruise where the world could not take it
If I say it now,
it is only the truth
I am still here with a heart full of scars Still breathing
slow in these empty rooms Still carrying names that broke in my
arms Still walking on when my hope went dark If this is
my truth, let it ring through the blue
I did not win,
I survived it
There were nights I spoke to the sink and the glass Just
to hear a voice answer back in the dark Every trust I
gave came home cut and thin
Still I folded my pain and wore it beneath my skin No
one saw the weight,
but I felt every mile
I am still here with a heart full of scars Still breathing
slow in these empty rooms Still carrying names that broke in my
arms Still walking on when my hope went dark If this is
my truth, let it ring through the blue I did not win,
I survived it
Maybe strength is just not laying down
Maybe faith is one more step with no sound
I have been alone,
but
I am not gone
I am still here with a heart full of scars Still breathing
slow in these empty rooms Still carrying names that broke in my
arms Still walking on when my hope went dark Hear me at
last, I was breaking in two I did not win,
I survived it
And I am still walking through it
The night is long,
but I am not through
Just a worn-out heart telling the truth