Breathing in Nothing to prove I spent years chasing reflections In other people’s eyes Trying to hear my own name In borrowed replies I confused love with permission Silence with peace But my heart was asking softly For me I stopped running from mirrors I stayed when it got real I learned the difference Between being wanted And being whole I learned how to stay Without asking for more I learned how to love Without bleeding on the floor I don’t need to be chosen To finally belong I learned how to stay Inside my own song My hands stopped shaking at endings My voice found its tone I don’t fear empty rooms now They feel like home Some loves pass through your life Just to show That the deepest one Is the one you grow I don’t rewrite my story I let it breathe Every scar became language Every flaw stayed with me I learned how to stay When the lights go low I learned how to care Without needing control I don’t beg for forever I live what is true I learned how to stay Being me, fully me I am not late I am not broken I am not half of anything I am the love I kept giving away I learned how to stay When love comes and goes I learned how to walk Without losing my soul If no one is watching I still sing along I learned how to stay Inside my own song I learned how to stay When love comes and goes I learned how to walk Without losing my soul If no one is watching I still sing along I learned how to stay Inside my own song (my own song) Still here Still alive Still mine