And I’m (E127)

I walked through silence with a fire in my chest, with cracks in my voice, never feeling at rest. You stood there like light I didn’t understand, and I ran from the beauty like blood on my hands. I built me a prison of “maybe” and “fear”, let shadows keep whispering stay out of here. But you never shouted, you just stayed the same, like love could be simple, not part of a game. And I’m not afraid now, not like before, not scared of the fall when you open your door. ’Cause you love me in silence, you love me in truth, and somehow my edges feel softer with you. I’m not afraid now, I breathe you in slow, and all that I ran from is letting me go. I listened to voices that told me “be free”, but none of them knew what was living in me. When freedom was loneliness dressed as a crown, and love was a thing that would only break down. But you were the storm that brought peace to the sea, not chaos, not war, just what I could be. And I learned in your light, in the calm that you give, that safety takes courage, it’s braver to live. And I’m not afraid now, not like before, not scared of the fall when you open your door. ’Cause you love me in silence, you love me in truth, and somehow my edges feel softer with you. I’m not afraid now, I breathe you in slow, and all that I ran from is letting me go. If love is a battlefield, I laid down my shield, no more running through nights, no more wounds left unhealed. ’Cause you stand when I’m shaking, when I don’t have a voice, and you show me a world where I finally have choice. And I’m not afraid now, I’m shouting it loud, through echoes of memories I’m shedding right now. ’Cause you love every part, even when I’m untrue, and with you I became someone honest and new. I’m not afraid now, I breathe you in slow, for the first time in life, I’m free… don’t you know. Not afraid now… not afraid now… just here… with you.