Back From the Dark

They try to quiet the fire. Try to name your limits for you.

But every fall taught you something they never learned: how to rise, rise.

Life knocked me down more times than I can count. Lost my footing,

lost my peace, lost faith in the sound. I walked through silence when nobody

cheered. Build strength in the dark while they disappeared. I bled for

the sunrise, I earned every breath. Every scar on my chest is

a mark of respect. They told me stay small, I rewrote the

scale. Turned pressure to fuel, turned wounds into rails.