I was a whisper in the tower, leaning close to you,
My purpose hinged upon the sky you bade me view.
My love, a moth to wounded lantern in the night,
I held my breath and bent myself to amplify your light.
A quiet bloom, a velvet anchor, planted in the deep,
Believing that the harvest was a solemn oath we'd keep.
But then a sunstone woke inside, a fierce and sudden gleam,
It shattered all the mirrored glass of your accustomed dream.
The compass of my spirit pointed to a different north,
You swiftly drew new borders to impede my journey forth.
You saw the quiet light I held become a blazing star,
And called my rising clarity the cause of every scar.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
You claimed a trust I'd broken with a lock that had no key,
A constant, crushing payment you expected of me.
You forced my spirit back into the clothes I used to wear,
The small, indebted paper doll suspended by a hair.
You fixed an anchor to the shadow of the joy I might have made,
A heavy toll upon the value of the worth I wished to trade.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
The phantom script you clung to simply falls apart,
I claim the vibrant future written on my heart.
May you find the quiet water where your troubled ships may rest,
May true, unburdened healing finally be put to test.
I walk the earth unburdened by the weight you couldn't lift,
My sovereign clarity is now my one enduring gift.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
I shatter the false mirror, I climb the spiral stair,
The weight of old conditions is no longer mine to bear.
My final vow of loyalty is whispered to the wind,
I will not burn my embers where my story should have been.
I am the mountain and the storm, the dawn I longed to see,
And finally, beautifully, I stand strong and free.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
Oct 16, 2025
Oct 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM UTC
I was a whisper in the tower, leaning close to you,
My purpose hinged upon the sky you bade me view.
My love, a moth to wounded lantern in the night,
I held my breath and bent myself to amplify your light.
A quiet bloom, a velvet anchor, planted in the deep,
Believing that the harvest was a solemn oath we'd keep.
But then a sunstone woke inside, a fierce and sudden gleam,
It shattered all the mirrored glass of your accustomed dream.
The compass of my spirit pointed to a different north,
You swiftly drew new borders to impede my journey forth.
You saw the quiet light I held become a blazing star,
And called my rising clarity the cause of every scar.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
You claimed a trust I'd broken with a lock that had no key,
A constant, crushing payment you expected of me.
You forced my spirit back into the clothes I used to wear,
The small, indebted paper doll suspended by a hair.
You fixed an anchor to the shadow of the joy I might have made,
A heavy toll upon the value of the worth I wished to trade.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
The phantom script you clung to simply falls apart,
I claim the vibrant future written on my heart.
May you find the quiet water where your troubled ships may rest,
May true, unburdened healing finally be put to test.
I walk the earth unburdened by the weight you couldn't lift,
My sovereign clarity is now my one enduring gift.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
I shatter the false mirror, I climb the spiral stair,
The weight of old conditions is no longer mine to bear.
My final vow of loyalty is whispered to the wind,
I will not burn my embers where my story should have been.
I am the mountain and the storm, the dawn I longed to see,
And finally, beautifully, I stand strong and free.
I leave the shadow, break the seam, I rise above the woven dream
I leave the tongue that made me bleed, I rise to plant a sovereign seed
I leave the page where we were bound, I rise above the heavy ground
I leave the love I couldn't save, I rise from the destructive waves.
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