Mirror talk

They said I should smile a little smaller,

Hide the things that made me glow.

Tried to fit inside their picture,

Lost myself to let them know.

Every hallway felt like thunder,

Every whisper knew my name.

You don’t see the bruises on me,

When they’re hidden under shame.

I wore their words like borrowed clothes,

Too tight to breathe,

too scared to let them go.

Now I see they never fit my soul.

Now I’m picking up the pieces from a heart they couldn’t hold.

Every crack became a window,

now the light is pouring gold.

You can keep your perfect standards,

I was never made for those.

If loving me is out of fashion,

I’d rather walk this road alone.

You were family without bloodlines,

Now we’re strangers passing by.

Funny how forever changes

Without a warning or goodbye.

I still hear our favorite songs and

Wonder if you skip them too.

Some goodbyes don’t need a reason,

They just leave a different you.

I blamed myself a thousand nights,

Thought if I changed you’d stay beside me.

But people leave what they don’t understand,

That never made it my responsibility.

Now I’m

picking up the pieces from a heart they couldn’t hold.

Every crack became a window,

now the light is pouring gold.

You can keep your perfect standards,

I was never made for those.

If loving me is out of fashion,

I’d rather walk this road alone.

Maybe I’m not hard to love,

Maybe they were scared to see me shine.

Maybe every scar I’m hiding Wasn’t mine to carry all this time.

I’m done chasing empty mirrors,

Done asking if I’m enough.

The right eyes never measure love.

So if you hear my name,

Don’t remember who I was when I was breaking.

Remember who I became

When I finally stopped waiting

For the world to tell me I was beautiful.

I already know.