Flame

from Root (2026)

I learned to whisper in a crowded room

Made myself small just to fit in you

Held my breath like it was safe to stay

While pieces of me just slipped away

I wore your silence like it was mine

Called it peace, but it was just decline

I dimmed my light just to feel okay

Didn't know I was fading away

But something in me never died

A quiet spark I couldn't hide

Now I'm a flame

Feel me rise, I won't be tamed

You tried to dim me, now I change

Into everything you couldn't cage

I'm a flame

Burning through the fear and shame

I found my voice, I found my name

I'm not the same, I'm a flame

You thought my silence meant I'd stay

But I was learning how to walk away

Every tear, every broken piece

Was building something underneath

Now I stand where I used to fall

I hear my voice and I want it all

No more shrinking to survive

I was meant to come alive

You tried to bury what I am

But fire don't follow no command

Now I'm a flame

Feel me rise, I won't be tamed

You tried to dim me, now I change

Into everything you couldn't cage

I'm a flame

Burning through the fear and shame

I found my voice, I found my name

I'm not the same, I'm a flame

I was ashes

I was doubt

I was everything you counted out

Now I'm louder

Now I see

You were never the end of me

I'm a flame

Lighting up what you erased

Every scar, every mistake

Turned into the strength I claim

I'm a flame

And I don't need your grace

I burned the fear, I took my place

Now I'll never fade again

You tried to dim me

Now watch me burn...

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