Both Counts

Lyrics : Some days you rise on wings of fire and light, Some days you just drag your feet through the night. But both are chapters in the story you write, Both are the steps that bring the mountain in sight. The loud days cheer you, make your spirit loud, The quiet days teach you how to wear a crowd. You think you’re losing when you barely crawl, But crawling is how you learn to stand tall. The days you show up with nothing left to give, Are days you prove that your soul knows how to live. Even when your voice is just a whisper thrown, That whisper builds the wind that lifts you to your own. The ground you stand on when you can’t take flight, Is the runway that prepares your soul for height. You don’t need wings to touch the morning sky, You only need the courage just to try. The steps you take when hope is running thin, Are the very steps that let the sunrise in. No day is wasted, none is out of place, Each one is a brushstroke on your saving grace. The silent days that never make a sound, Are the roots that hold you when the storms come round. You think you’re idle, but you’re gathering the light, Storing it like embers for a longer night. The smallest act of showing up is never small, It is the seed of every tree that stands up tall. And when you’re sure you’ve fallen and you’re blind, You’re actually feeling for the path you’ll find. The days you show up without a single spark, Are the days you’re filling up the dark. Soon you’ll see the hidden thread, That ties your stillness to the heights ahead. Every hour you gave when giving felt like loss, Was a bridge you built you didn’t know you’d cross. The journey is not measured by the flights alone, But by the grounded moments that become your throne. And at the summit, looking back, you’ll find it true, The days you merely stood were what lifted you. And in the end you’ll see no line between the two, For every step you took was the sky breaking through.