My heart — my life — Has been shattered time and time again Each blow left me lonely, frightened Broken into pieces I learned how silence sounds at night When hope won’t stay, when doors all close I carried words that bruised me And blamed myself for every blow I thought strength meant never bending Never letting the fire show But even steel resists the flame Before it learns how not to break Piece by piece, I gathered me From the wreckage I could see Every crack, every scar Became a map of who I want to be I am worthy, I am whole I am learning how to love me With every word, with every breath I stitch myself slowly back together Not chasing who I was But someone braver I stopped mistaking pain for truth Stopped calling survival shame What I thought was breaking Was something stronger in the making I thought I had to disappear To earn the right to stay But the parts of me I tried to hide Are what carried me along the way Piece by piece, I gathered me From the rubble Broken days shattered nights I learned I had the right I am worthy, I am whole I am choosing to love me I asked myself a thousand times Why the breaking never ends Now I see the cracks were places Where the light could finally get in The fire didn’t take me It reshaped me I don’t rise untouched I rise changed Piece by piece, I gathered me Not unbroken, but aware Still standing, still here Still breathing through the fear I am worthy, I am enough I am choosing me I am not made of ruin I am made of return And every time I rise again I learn I learn Every lesson has been earned
