The world feels lighter Before it speaks Like breath held Between two thoughts I walk where silence listens Not asking me to choose Every step is soft and honest Like nothing left to lose The sky bends low around me The ground forgets my name For a moment i am only here Untouched by fear or flame Something stirs beneath the quiet Like a truth i almost knew The calm begins to fracture My chest remembers why All the weight i never named Starts learning how to cry I feel the pull, the breaking line The moment i can’t delay Everything i tried to silence Rushes forward to stay Before the light remembers Who i was meant to be I stand inside the tension And let it move through me Before the light remembers I don’t turn away If this ache is part of living Then let it feel this way The noise falls back into meaning The air forgives the sound I’m not broken by the moment I’m rearranged somehow What rose didn’t come to hurt me It came to let me see That beauty isn’t always gentle Sometimes it demands to be I didn’t lose control I let it arrive Before the light remembers I hold what i became Not pure, not clean, not fearless But honest in the flame Before the light remembers I don’t need to explain If this moment leaves a mark I will carry it the same If meaning waits beyond the calm Then let it wait I’m still here Learning how to stay Before the light remembers Let me stand awake Not chasing what comes after Not begging it to stay Before the light remembers I give this breath a name I was here inside the breaking And i let myself remain
