This Woman Still Stands

Verse 1

I’ve worn a thousand quiet versions

Just to make the world feel small,

Held my breath inside the margins,

Learned to shrink instead of fall.

But I am not a faded portrait,

I am not your yesteryears —

There’s a pulse inside my ribcage,

And it’s ringing in my ears.

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need to beg to be seen —

I just need room to breathe.

Chorus

This woman still stands,

With fire in her hands,

With a spine that bends but never breaks,

With a heart that learned what love can take.

I’m not a ghost in your house of plans —

I am here.

This woman still stands.

Verse 2

These years can carve their stories

On the softest parts of skin,

But every line that lives upon me

Is proof of everywhere I’ve been.

I am grit and grace together,

I am bones that learned to heal —

And I won’t vanish into silence

Just because time turned the wheel.

Pre-Chorus

I won’t disappear to stay kind —

I am voice. I am mind.

Chorus

This woman still stands,

With fire in her hands,

With a body that’s still beautiful,

Even when it feels unusual.

I’m not fading into second plans —

I am here.

This woman still stands.

Bridge

Don’t look past me — stand beside me,

Meet me where I am today —

I’m not asking you to save me,

I already found my way.

Final Chorus (contained, steady)

This woman still stands,

No apology, no demand —

Just truth in the shape of a life that’s mine —

Roots in the earth, and a steadied spine.

I am not what time unmanned —

I am here.

This woman still stands.