I speak into the quiet

Like it might answer back

Every word feels heavier

When the world goes flat

No echo in the hallway

No witness to the truth

Just the sound of breathing

And the weight of you

I learned how to stand still

When everything moved on

Kept my fire hidden

Buried under stone

There’s a calm in the breaking

When you stop the fight

Let the dark sit

And call it night

Silence isn’t empty

It remembers every scream

Keeps a list of promises

You never meant

And it’s watching me

I don’t need the thunder

To know the storm is real

I carried every warning

I refused to feel

I don’t beg the heavens

I don’t curse the flame

The stillness doesn’t judge me

Stillness knows my name

I’ve seen faith turn to weapons

Love go cold

Truth buried deep

Under lies we sold

Every scar’s a lesson

Every breath is earned

You don’t fear the fire

Once you’ve burned

Say it louder

Say it clean

Say it like you mean it now

No more hiding

No release

No forgiveness handed down

I don’t need redemption

I don’t need your crown

I stood inside the silence

When the walls came down

I bled for every answer

Paid for every name

You can keep your heaven

I survived the flame

You don’t know me

You don’t own me

You don’t get to decide

I was forged in the quiet

Where the weak don’t hide

I don’t need the thunder

To prove I’m still alive

I walked out of the darkness

With my soul intact

No applause

No shame

Just a calm that remains

Now I speak into the quiet

And it finally stays

No demand

No disguise

Just the truth

And the space

Stillness knows my name...