Broken Light Rising

The walls don’t speak but they know my name

I count the hours that feel the same

The sun comes up but it doesn’t stay Just a pale shadow

that fades away

People say it gets better,

just wait a while But the heavy don’t lift with a single

smile

I’ve walked this road where the ground gives way And I don’t

know how much more I can take

Hope ain’t a fire that burns all bright It’s a tiny flicker

I hide inside

Sometimes it’s gone, I can’t find the spark But it never fully

dies in the dark

This ain’t a song that says the pain’s all gone This ain’t

a lie that says the sun will always come It’s the quiet

truth that I’ve learned to know: You don’t have to fly to

let the darkness go Hope isn’t shouting,

it isn’t fast It’s one more breath when you think you can’t

last It’s waking up,

even when it’s black That’s how the light finds its way back

(ooh, way back)

Some days I smile like I’m doing fine Some days I hide

from the world outside I’ve hated myself for the things I feel

Thought I was broken,

beyond the heal But the scars I carry aren’t just for pain

They’re proof I’ve survived every yesterday

The quiet moments where I didn’t fall Are the strongest things I’ve

ever known at all Depression lies and says you’re alone Says this

is forever, carved in stone But I’ve seen the sky turn grey

to blue I’ve felt my heart start beating anew

It doesn’t happen in one big moment

It happens slow, in the small,

unspoken One step, one hour,

one quiet night One small decision to keep up the fight

This ain’t a song that says the pain’s all gone This ain’t

a lie that says the sun will always come It’s the quiet

truth that I’ve learned to know: You don’t have to fly to

let the darkness go Hope isn’t shouting,

it isn’t fast It’s one more breath when you think you can’t

last It’s waking up,

even when it’s black That’s how the light finds its way back

That’s how the light finds its way back… Not all at once…

Just a little at a time… And that’s enough. (shhh)