I used to think silence meant I was alone But it was the first place I ever came home No one asking for pieces No one pulling my skin No lights telling me where to begin I stepped off the stage Into nothing at all And the quiet held me Before I could fall They said the void was empty But it spoke my name It said “you don’t have to earn this” “You don’t have to play the game” Silence taught me I don’t have to shine I don’t have to burn To be real… or alive Silence taught me How to listen again Not to the noise But to what’s always been In the stillness I found my spine In the quiet I reclaimed time No applause No demand Just my breath And the truth I can stand I went deep Not to disappear But to finally meet myself Without fear I was never broken I was just unheard I was carrying echoes Instead of my words Now my voice comes From somewhere clean Not from survival But from what I mean Silence taught me When to stay When to speak And when to walk away I don’t need the noise To know I’m enough I don’t need the spotlight To stand… in my love …
