Rising Ashes

To the heart that feels forgotten,

To the soul nobody sees,

To the one who hides their hurting

Behind a smile so easily.

I know the night can feel forever,

When your tears fall all alone,

When you're surrounded by a thousand voices,

But still don't feel at home.

But every scar is telling a story,

Every tear has touched the ground,

And even when you think you're breaking,

There's a strength you're building now.

You are still becoming,

You haven't seen your brightest days.

There's a light inside your darkness

That the shadows cannot take.

So breathe... Just breathe...

Let your tired heart believe.

You are more than what has hurt you,

More than what the world can see.

You are loved, you are worthy,

Even when you don't believe.

Hold on...

You are still becoming

Who you were always meant to be.

You are not the words they gave you,

You're not the times they walked away.

You're not the lonely conversations Where no one understood your pain.

You are every time you stumbled And somehow found your feet.

You're the courage it took to face another morning When surrender would've

been easy.

There is beauty in your healing,

Even healing no one sees.

Like a flower beneath the winter,

Something beautiful still breathes.

Maybe you can't see tomorrow.

Maybe tonight is all you know.

Then don't carry your whole lifetime,

Just take one more step and go.

One breath... One heartbeat...

One sunrise at a time.

You don't have to have the answers To know your life is

worth the fight.

You thought you were only surviving,

But you were learning how to rise.

You thought your broken pieces

Meant you'd never touch the sky.

But storms don't last forever,

And neither will this pain.

Sometimes the heart must walk through darkness Before it recognizes day.

YOU ARE STILL BECOMING!

And your story isn't done.

There are mornings waiting for you

That haven't met the sun.

So breathe... Just breathe...

You're still here, and that means something.

Every scar that you are carrying Is proof you kept on coming.

You are loved! You are worthy!

You are more than yesterday!

And someday you'll look behind you

And see how far you came.

Hold on... Your light is still becoming,

And the world has yet to see

The beautiful, courageous soul You were always meant to be.

So if tonight you feel misunderstood,

And you're wondering where you belong...

Rest your heart for just a moment.

You don't have to be strong all the time.

Just breathe. Tomorrow... we begin again.