I’ve been quiet. Not because I quit. Not because I lost myself. I’ve just been busy… Building my empire. Silently. Because peace is expensive… And I’ve finally learned… How to protect mine. Busy building my empire… Silently… So nobody disturbs my peace. I used to tell everybody my plans. Now I let my actions speak. Loving family from a distance… Sometimes love looks like space. Not everybody’s grown enough To have a simple conversation… And that’s okay. I’m still wishing them the best While I’m becoming mine. No hard feelings… Just new boundaries. No revenge… Just healing. Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building my empire… Quietly. No permission. No validation. No applause. Just another puzzle piece… Another lesson… Another breakthrough. Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building… My empire. Respectfully… I know I can do this my damn self. You didn’t know I was confident? Yeah… I am. Confidence wasn’t something I found… It was something I built. I taught myself… Everything. How to create. How to survive. How to start over. How to trust my own voice When everybody else Thought they knew mine better. No one checked up on me. No one came looking. No “How’ve you been?” No “Are you okay?” Just silence… So I stopped waiting to be found. Picked up every broken piece… Every lesson… Every scar… And started building my empire. Quietly. Respectfully. Without permission. People say… “You’re crazy.” Yeah… Some days I be spiraling. Sometimes I get it wrong. But I right my wrongs. I call myself out… On my own shit. I don’t need anyone else to. I’m not perfect. Neither am I pretending to be. Sometimes… I can forgive myself. Sometimes… I still can’t. But every day I get a little better At flipping the script. If a stranger walked up And called me everything I’ve called myself… I’d defend me. So why shouldn’t I Start believing her too? Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building my empire… Quietly. No permission. No validation. No applause. Just another puzzle piece… Another lesson… Another breakthrough. Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building… My empire. Still building my empire… Silently. Not because I’m hiding. Because healing Doesn’t need an audience. Piece by piece… Prayer by prayer… Scar by scar… I’m becoming Someone I would’ve needed When I was younger. My peace. My purpose. My empire. Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building my empire… Quietly. No permission. No validation. No applause. Just another puzzle piece… Another lesson… Another breakthrough. Piece by piece… Piece by piece… Piece by piece… I’m building… My empire. Sincerely… Me. And to everyone Who thought silence meant I stopped… I was never standing still. I was building. One puzzle piece at a time. Love, Kay. 🦋
