Stillness Learned

I don't need noise to feel alive
I don't need hands to hold me tight
The ground is steady where I stand
I learned the quiet on my own

No crown, no weight, no borrowed name
I stayed when everything fell away

I learned stillness
In the open air
No fear waiting
No one there
I don't shine louder
I don't burn bright
I just stay
And that's enough tonight

The scars don't pull me back again
They only prove I'm still intact
I move without a borrowed light
I trust the space I've learned to keep

I learned stillness
In the open air
No fear waiting
No one there
I don't shine louder
I don't burn bright
I just stay
And that's enough tonight

Still here
Uncrowned