When I Feel Abandoned

Once upon a quiet childhood street

I learned that love could pack its bags and leave

Didn't take much, just the wrong kind of truth

For the ground to shake beneath my feet

I learned if I stepped outside the lines

Love could turn and leave me behind

So I kept my truth in shadows

Pretending I was fine

But now I know the weight I've carried

Didn't have to be my own

I found a love that doesn't vanish

When I can't be what they want

When I feel abandoned

I breathe and I remember

I'm not that scared little boy anymore

There are arms that hold me steady

Hearts that choose me daily

I'm safe here, I'm wanted, I'm adored

Even when the night feels endless

I remind myself again this

Isn't how the story ends

When I feel abandoned

Some friends turned into strangers

Some family closed their doors

The fear I'd carried all those years

Showed up in the flesh and more

But here in the wreckage I have found

The ones who run toward me now

And I've learned love's not a bargain I

t's a truth that can't be bound

And every time the ache returns

I let the light come through

I lean into the hands that stay

And remember what is true

When I feel abandoned

I breathe and I remember

I'm not that scared little boy anymore

There are arms that hold me steady

Hearts that choose me daily

I'm safe here, I'm wanted, I'm adored

Even when the night feels endless

I remind myself again this

Isn't how the story ends

When I feel abandoned

Love doesn't leave when you fall apart

It sits with you in the dark

The ones who stay are the proof I need

That I've been loved all along

When I feel abandoned

I breathe and I remember

I'm not that scared little boy anymore