The Secret

All my life I thought the world

Was something I survived

Turns out the whole time

The power was mine

I grew up thinking life was heavy

Like blessings had to be earned

Like struggle was a personality

And pain was how you learned

I tried to make myself smaller

Tried to fit inside the noise

Never realised my quiet

Had the loudest kind of voice

Everything I feared became my shadow

Everything I loved stayed out of reach

Till the day I heard my spirit whisper

You forgot who you could be

I am the secret

The one I was searching for

I am the reason

Doors open without force

I am the magic

That I kept trying to find

All the power I was praying for

Was waiting in my mind

I am the secret

I am the sign

I used to think my dreams were distant

Something written in the clouds

Never thought I was the match

That could light the whole world now

I stopped bending for approval

Stopped shrinking for the room

The moment I believed in me

My whole life made space to bloom

Everything I wanted started rising

Everything I needed came with ease

When I chose to trust the voice inside me

The voice that finally said

You are everything you seek

I am the secret

The one I was searching for

I am the reason

Doors open without force

I am the magic

That I kept trying to find

All the power I was praying for

Was waiting in my mind

I am the secret

I am the sign

I am the magnet

I am the spark

I am the compass

That leads me out of the dark

I let go of struggle

I let go of fear

I open my hands