Break The Pattern

I learned to wear the shape they gave me Like a name I

couldn’t change Every line was drawn before me Every step already arranged

But somewhere underneath it Something wouldn’t disappear A voice I kept pretending

wasn’t mine Finally became clear

I know the words you wanted

I know the part I played

A perfect little answer To every choice you made

But every door I walked through Was closing from behind And every

time I lost myself

I left another piece to find

So let the walls come down

Let every expectation break I don’t need your permission For the life

I’m gonna take

I will break the pattern Even if it breaks me I will

tear away the shape You tried to make me be I

won’t live inside A life I never chose

If I have to lose everything I’ll find my way back

home

You called it weakness I called it restraint You called it failure

I called it escape

I spent too many years Trying to become someone else— (screamed) NO

MORE! I’M NOT YOUR DESIGN!

CUT THE THREAD! BREAK THE

LINE!

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF

MY LIFE!

I will break the pattern Even if it breaks me I will

tear

away the shape You tried to make me be I

won’t live inside A life I never chose

If I have to lose everything I’ll find my way back home

You wanted obedience— TAKE IT BACK!

You wanted silence—

TAKE IT BACK!

You wanted someone Who would never fight—

YOU DON’T

OWN

ME!

I’M STILL ALIVE!

Maybe I was never broken

Maybe I was only bent

Trying to fit inside a picture

That was never mine to represent

And now I see the person

Waiting underneath

Not who they told me I should be—

I will break the pattern Even if it breaks me I will

tear away the shape You tried to make me be I

won’t live inside A life I never chose

If I have to lose everything I’ll find my way back home

BREAK!

THE!

PATTERN!

I finally know my name.