After the Echo

I still remember every hallway,

Every shadow, every sound.

All the words I kept repeating When I thought I couldn't turn

around. There were nights I chased the answers,

There were days I lost my way.

But the voices that once owned me Are just whispers fading away.

Every memory has a place,

Every scar has something to say.

I don't need to fight the past To finally walk away.

After the echo, after the noise,

After the weight of every choice.

I found a voice beneath the fear,

A little closer every year.

All the storms I thought would stay Were only clouds that moved

away. Now I hear my own reflection— Clearer after the echo.

I was searching through the silence For a person I could trust.

Never knew the one I needed Was the one I left untouched.

Every broken piece I carried,

Every moment I denied,

Built the foundation underneath me Where I finally learned to rise.

I don't need another ending,

I don't need to rewrite time.

Everything that came before me Was a chapter,

not my life.

After the echo, after the noise,

After the weight of every choice.

I found a voice beneath the fear,

A little closer every year.

All the storms I thought would stay Were only clouds that moved

away. Now I hear my own reflection— Clearer after the echo.

Let the old walls fall slowly,

Let the memories lose their names.

I can honor where I've been

Without living in the flames.

Every road that tried to break me,

Every night that felt too long,

Was a rhythm underneath me Teaching me my own song.

After the echo, after the rain,

After the places I couldn't remain.

I found the light I thought I'd lost,

I found the worth beneath the cost.

All the voices disappear,

But I am still standing here.

Not the person I was before—

Something stronger after the echo.

The sound fades away...

But I remain.