They spoke of love, but with empty hands,
Shaping me like clay that crumbled in the sand.
Where warmth should grow, they planted pain,
Where trust should live, they built a cage.
I gave them maps to my heart's door,
But they came with hammers, demanding more.
Their love was a deal I could never afford,
Taking pieces of me like spoils from a war.
Their words lingered like shadows at night,
Whispers that dimmed every flicker of light.
I wore their expectations like chains of silk,
Until they cut deeper than iron's guilt.
The weight of silence, the weight of shame-
I carried their burden under my name.
But I'm walking beyond the chains,
Where the air is free, and I shed their pain.
Cutting ties that suffocate my soul,
Because loving them shouldn't mean losing control.
I'll find my voice in the quiet unknown,
And for once, I'll finally call it my own.
They built their comfort on my sacrifice,
Fed on my kindness like it had no price.
They saw my tears as fuel to take,
A well of forgiveness they could always break.
But this time, the flood won't drown me,
I'm the storm that won't bend to their needs.
I wore their expectations like chains of silk,
Until they cut deeper than iron's guilt.
The weight of silence, the weight of shame-
I carried their burden under my name.
But I'm walking beyond the chains,
Where the air is free, and I shed their pain.
Cutting ties that suffocate my soul,
Because loving them shouldn't mean losing control.
I'll find my voice in the quiet unknown,
And for once, I'll finally call it my own.
I won't be the shelter for their storms,
I won't be the shape they try to transform.
Let them scream in the distance behind,
I'm chasing the wind they can't confine.
Beyond the chains, I rise again,
Without the weight of what could've been.
I'll rebuild, brick by brick, alone,
A place where I can finally call myself home.