Through the Fire

I lost my voice in the mirror's mist,

Chasin’ shadows I ain’t know exist,

Every face I wore was counterfeit,

Now I’m diggin’ where the soul commits.

 

I been driftin’ in dimensions where the silence echo loud,

Tryna build a throne from tension, but the pressure pulled me down.

I was maskin’ every sentence like a poet in a shroud,

Actin’ fearless in the chaos, but I’m breakin’ in the crowd.

 

Saw a version of me slippin’ through the cracks of who I’m not,

Used to mimic all these idols, now I’m burnin’ what I bought.

Every lesson came in echoes that my ego always fought,

Till I shattered every layer just to breathe inside the thought.

 

I ain't perfect — I’m becoming, like the seasons in reverse,

Learnin' pain was just a canvas that my spirit had to curse.

Had to die a hundred times before I scribbled out this verse,

Now my roots grow through the trauma, through the dirt, through the hurt.

 

I been fallin’, but I’m floatin’ through the fire now,

Found myself inside the silence when I dialed out.

All the echoes told me truth I used to hide out,

Now I’m climbin’ through the shadows just to shine loud.

 

Used to follow every trend like it could teach me who I am,

Painted smiles on broken frames and called it “fittin’ in the plan.”

Let opinions be my compass, now I’m tossin’ out the map,

’Cause I realized no one knows me like the silence in a nap.

 

Mama told me “don’t get jaded,” but this world’ll test your grace,

Felt like God was in the distance with His fingers off the bass.

Every failure felt like fate until I met it face to face,

Now I’m writin’ with my shadow, every page a new embrace.

 

It’s a war between the vision and the versions I’ve betrayed,

Had to mourn the me I buried just to let the real one stay.

Every scar became a scripture in the chapters of my day,

Now I’m starin’ in the mirror like “you finally okay.”

 

You don’t find yourself in the light,

You find yourself in the flicker,

When the room goes cold,

When the clock moves slower,

When you’re left with just breath and a body.

 

It’s not about who you should be.

It’s about who you already are —

Beneath all the noise,

Underneath all the bars.

 

Had to journal all my chaos just to organize the soul,

Now I’m dancin’ in the rain with what depression tried to hold.

Every fear became a bridge from feelin' empty to feelin' whole,

Now I’m buildin’ off the pieces that were never in control.

 

Used to think my worth was something I could only ever chase,

Now I see it’s in my breath, in every dream I dare to face.

Ain’t no shame in bein’ broken — that’s just growth beneath the case,

Like a phoenix in the ashes, I was fire in the waste.

 

And I ain’t found all the answers — just found better ways to ask,

Learnin’ joy ain’t in the future, it’s in takin’ off the mask.

So I’m singin’ through my story, no more filters, no more past,

Just a present full of purpose that I’m learnin’ how to grasp.

 

I been fallin’, but I’m floatin’ through the fire now,

Found myself inside the silence when I dialed out.

All the echoes told me truth I used to hide out,

Now I’m climbin’ through the shadows just to shine loud.

 

I ain’t runnin’ from the weight that used to drag me,

I’m becoming everything the hurt had to teach me.

Even broken, I was always movin’ rightly,

Now I’m steady in the chaos — finally like me.

 

Got a garden in my chest now where the thorns used to bloom,

Took the anger out my pen and turned that ink into a room.

Used to scribble out my demons, now I listen when they loom,

’Cause I know they hold the lessons that the sunlight can’t assume.

 

Ain’t afraid of bein’ soft — there’s a strength inside the calm,

You can roar and still be peaceful like a thunder wrapped in psalm.

You can break and still be golden, still be holdin' on to charm,

You can fail a hundred times and still evolve into a dawn.

 

Ain’t no script for how to make it, just a compass in the chest,

Every loss became a whisper that would point me to what’s next.

Now I’m rooted in my value, not in ego or in flex,

Just a soul who found his name inside the mirror feelin’ blessed.

 

I been fallin’, but I’m floatin’ through the fire now,

Found myself inside the silence when I dialed out.

All the echoes told me truth I used to hide out,

Now I’m climbin’ through the shadows just to shine loud.

 

Not perfect, but I’m present in the moment,

Not finished, but I’m grounded in the motion.

Every piece of me I lost — I own it,

I ain’t lookin’ for the light, I’ve grown it.

 

And if I vanish in the waves of who I used to be,

Just know I found myself beneath the sea.

No map, no guide, no guarantee…

But sometimes gettin’ lost is how you see.

 

So if you’re searchin’ — take your time.

The truth don’t rush, it lets you climb.

And when you finally reach your prime,

You’ll see that you were whole this whole damn time.