There are stories in my chest
no one has read—
pages inked with tears,
and words pressed down so hard
the paper almost tore.
I’ve smiled in rooms
where my soul was breaking,
nodded to questions
while my heart screamed answers
no one would understand.
Yet here I am—
not because the road was kind,
but because I kept walking
even when my steps
felt heavier than the sky.

Some days,
my strength is just breathing.
Other days,
it’s daring to dream again.

And through it all,
my heart still beats—
a quiet rebellion
against everything
that tried to silence it. 🫀

I tend to find all the tides I have swam through
I bent my body in ways I thought I had to
I sank beneath all the fish in the ocean
I closed my eyes just to feel no emotion

You woke me up, pulled me out of the water
You put your heart next to mine, at the altar
You stood the gap for my Soul when I wouldn’t
You sowed in me all The Peace of Your Covenant

I put my hands on the ground You created
I bowed my head to A King resurrected
I closed my eyes just to feel every moment
I rose above all the waves in the ocean