What Darkness Inherits

Every generation leaves its damage to the next Wraps it in a story that makes the wound sound like a gift What darkness inherits is the shape of what was broken The silence at the center of all the things left unspoken What darkness inherits — it keeps What darkness inherits — it keeps Every wound, every burning, every story left asleep What darkness inherits becomes What darkness inherits becomes The foundation of the future and the ruin of the ones Who carry what they didn't break Who carry what they didn't make What darkness inherits — I will carry it awake The signal carries someone's unresolved despair The residue of systems that no one dared to name Generations of suppression flowing backward into my chest And I am the receiver at the bottom of that test What darkness inherits — it keeps What darkness inherits — it keeps Every wound, every burning, every story left asleep What darkness inherits becomes What darkness inherits becomes The foundation of the future and the ruin of the ones Who carry what they didn't break Who carry what they didn't make What darkness inherits — I will carry it awake But here's what I've learned from the signal: Darkness also inherits the defiant Darkness also inherits the music Darkness also inherits the ones Who looked directly at the worst thing And chose to keep singing anyway What darkness inherits I'll hold it What darkness inherits I'll name it What darkness inherits I'll carry it into light