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Hold on we are not dead yet The night may press its weight on our chests but breath still rises like a stubborn tide I was crowned with fret a restless crown of questions and storms yet my nose was not shaped for one smell alone I breathe the dust of failure and still catch the scent of tomorrow Do not mistake my silence for surrender I have wrestled with shadows and returned with scars stitched across my skin These scars they are not wounds anymore they are the lungs of my story They pump courage through broken hours they whisper survival through sleepless nights they remind the dark that I have endured it before For every mark on my body there is a battle that refused to bury me Hold on we are not dead yet The fire is quiet but it lives and my scars my faithful oxygen keep the flame breathing
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Mar 14
Mar 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC
Not dead yet
Hold on we are not dead yet The night may press its weight on our chests but breath still rises like a stubborn tide I was crowned with fret a restless crown of questions and storms yet my nose was not shaped for one smell alone I breathe the dust of failure and still catch the scent of tomorrow Do not mistake my silence for surrender I have wrestled with shadows and returned with scars stitched across my skin These scars they are not wounds anymore they are the lungs of my story They pump courage through broken hours they whisper survival through sleepless nights they remind the dark that I have endured it before For every mark on my body there is a battle that refused to bury me Hold on we are not dead yet The fire is quiet but it lives and my scars my faithful oxygen keep the flame breathing
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29/M/Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
Mar 14
Mar 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC
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