The Weight I Wear

Morning breaks against my skin Like shattered glass beneath the wind Every breath's a borrowed thing Another ache the daylight brings The walls all know the shape I make Bent beneath the strain I take Counting hours instead of dreams Nothing's ever what it seems And every step is a mile too far Dragging chains no one can see A war that's written in my scars But never leaves, it follows me I carry the weight I wear A thousand knives in the midnight air No cure, no silence, no relief to find Just endless thunder inside my mind The world keeps turning, unaware While I'm sinking beneath despair Holding together what pain tears apart With trembling hands and a fractured heart I've memorized the sound of hurt Like rain that falls into the dirt The seasons change, the years move on But this shadow still lingers strong People ask if I'm alright I force a smile and say, "Tonight" But underneath the practiced lie Another piece of me has died Every promise fades away Every hope wears thin with time I'm still standing in the gray Searching for a reason why I carry the weight I wear A thousand knives in the midnight air No cure, no silence, no relief to find Just endless thunder inside my mind The world keeps turning, unaware While I'm sinking beneath despair Holding together what pain tears apart With trembling hands and a fractured heart This body feels like a house on fire Burning slow but never bright And every prayer grows tired and weak Lost somewhere beyond the night The mirror shows a stranger now Someone worn by years of strain A soul exhausted by the cost Of learning how to live with pain I carry the weight I wear A burden too heavy for words to bear No finish line, no healing song Just waking up and carrying on The world keeps turning, unaware Of battles fought in empty air Still breathing beneath the crushing dark Guarding the last remaining spark Morning breaks against my skin And the cycle starts again Another day, another scar Beneath the weight I carry far.