I have carried rooms inside me Where the windows would not rise, Kept old weather in my breathing, Kept goodbyes behind my eyes. Then the tide reshaped my footprints, Not to make them disappear, But to fold them through the water Into rhythms I could hear. Every ending leaves a motion, Every silence moves the air. What I thought had gone forever Was still changing everywhere. The sky began within us, Not beyond, not far away, In the tide that keeps returning, In the hands that choose to stay. What we carry keeps on changing, Giving yesterday new shape. The sky began within us, And it opens as we change. I have watched the roots lift pavement, Seen the green return through stone, Felt a stranger’s quiet kindness Turn a crowded place to home. There are forces without language, There are truths we cannot name; Still they move through blood and branches, Still they teach us how to change. Every life leans into others, Every breath becomes the air. Even what we cannot answer Can be something that we share. The sky began within us, Not beyond, not far away, In the tide that keeps returning, In the hands that choose to stay. What we carry keeps on changing, Giving yesterday new shape. The sky began within us, And it opens as we change. If the road inside me closes, If the old ache speaks again, I will walk into the water, Let the tide reshape the pain. Not erase what I have carried, Not pretend it never stayed, Only give another meaning To the marks that it has made. The sky began within us, Not beyond, not far away, In the tide that keeps returning, In the hands that choose to stay. What we carry keeps on changing, Giving yesterday new shape. The sky began within us, And it opens as we change. It is here in every kindness, In the ground beneath our feet, In the wind across the water, In every life we meet. We belong to what surrounds us, More than language can explain. The sky began within us, And it opens as we change. Nothing gone, Only changed. Still becoming, Still here. The sky began within us