The mirror I built

I traced the lines of every shadow in the hall I caught the pieces every time I saw you fall A steady hand when all the world was spinning fast I gave you loyalty I knew would never last I was the anchor in the middle of your tide While I was drowning in the secrets kept inside You saw a pillar but you never saw the cracks You took the light and kept the healing for your tracks They didn't love the heart that beats beneath the skin They loved the safety that I kept them wrapped within They loved the version that would always say your name But when I needed them it never was the same I was the shelter that I never got to find Leaving the wreckage of my own soul far behind I was the silence when the room was getting loud I was the face you wanted in a lonely crowd I offered mercy when the winter turned to cold I told the stories that you wanted to be told I gave the stability I wished someone gave me A ghost of comfort that I never got to see I was a resource, not a person in your eyes A perfect script written in all your hollow lies They didn't love the heart that beats beneath the skin They loved the safety that I kept them wrapped within They loved the version that would always say your name But when I needed them it never was the same I was the shelter that I never got to find Leaving the wreckage of my own soul far behind I looked in the mirror and I saw a stranger there A hollow vessel with enough of love to spare Then I realized that I survived the darkest night By becoming exactly what I needed in the light It’s not a weakness that I stood when I was torn It is the strength in every scar that I have worn I am the hero that I waited for so long And in the silence I am finally staying strong They didn't love the heart that beats beneath the skin They loved the safety that I kept them wrapped within They loved the version that would always say your name But when I needed them it never was the same I was the shelter that I never got to find Leaving the wreckage of my own soul far behind I am the person I needed I am the love that survived No longer a shadow I am finally alive