Steps I Take

Concrete cracks grass pushing through

Small signs of life remind me what's true

Shoebox full of letters corners all torn

Dreams I wrote down on the nights I was worn

Late shifts dim lights coffee gone cold

Chasing something bigger than the stories I'm told

I've stumbled I've slipped but I still create

Every fall is a lesson in the steps I take

I don't need the finish line I just need the road

Every mile I carry makes me lighter with the load

It's the steps I take that define my name

Through the highs through the lows through the fire through the rain

I don't break I bend but I still remain

I keep walking I keep moving in the steps I take

Graffiti on the walls voices in the breeze

Hope in the struggle truth in the squeeze

Phone lights up with a message unread

A text from my brother just saying "be blessed"

I trace every scar like a map on my skin

Proof of the battles and the places I've been

I don't chase perfection I don't fake the weight

I just keep on climbing with the steps I take

Even when the night falls heavy on me

I know dawn is waiting I know I'll be free

Every footprint's a promise every echo a song

Even broken roads still carry me along

It's the steps I take that define my name

Through the highs through the lows through the fire through the rain

I don't break I bend but I still remain

I keep walking I keep moving in the steps I take

Every scar every page every choice I make

I'm alive in the journey in the steps I take