Beast Within

(shhhh) Maybe I was never meant to fit their vision,

Maybe my darkness was part of the mission.

I spent years trying to prove I was good,

When all I needed was to understand that I could.

The world loves heroes when the battle is won,

But nobody asks what they became when it’s done.

They celebrate the crown,

never count every scar,

Never ask how a broken soul made it this far.

I’ve forgiven the people who called me a beast,

Because they only feared what they couldn’t see.

I don’t need their approval,

I don’t need their eyes,

I found my own truth underneath the disguise.

I was searching for God in the sky,

While something divine was already inside.

I thought I needed someone to set me free,

Then I realized— I had to become me.

They call me a monster — I call it my skin,

They see the beast,

but there’s a god within.

I’ve carried the darkness,

I’ve swallowed the pain,

And somehow the fire still runs through my veins.

Monster outside…

God inside.

I lost who I was

Just to find what survived.

Maybe strength isn’t never falling,

Maybe strength is rising when nobody’s calling.

Maybe peace isn’t having no war,

Maybe it’s knowing what you’re fighting for.

And if tomorrow takes everything away,

My soul will still remember the battles I faced.

Because I’m

not what happened to me,

I’m what I chose to become

After everything tried to break me.

So let them call me a monster.

Let them misunderstand.

I know the darkness I’ve carried,

And I know where I stand.

There’s a beast on the outside…

But something sacred within.

I didn’t survive the darkness

To become the darkness.

I survived it… To become the light.