Wounds in Silence

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