I was built to take control, To close the door, to end the doubt. I never learned what came after When the noise finally burned out. Then there was you in the wreckage, No crown, no debt, no demand. You didn’t ask me who I was— You just took my shaking hand. I don’t know how to be gentle, I don’t know how to be clean, But you stay like I’m worth the effort, Like the past isn’t all you see. And I don’t need forgiveness, I won’t ask you to forget— If all I am is what’s left standing, You still chose me yet. I spent my life making outcomes, Forcing the world to align. But you never tried to move me— You just waited by my side. Now the nights don’t feel so heavy, And the silence doesn’t bite. I don’t reach for fear or weapons When you’re here in the light. I don’t promise I’m finished healing, Or that the ghosts won’t return— But if love is something learned slowly, I’m willing to learn. So if you ever doubt your staying, Or wonder what I see— It’s the first safe place I’ve ever known, Looking back at me. I was never good at hope, Never trusted what was kind. But if there’s a future I won’t destroy, It’s the one where you’re mine.
