Imperfect

I don't wake up feeling ready

I just open up my eyes

Let the ceiling hear my secrets

I don't say out loud at night

I keep some truths in the background

Let them hum instead of shout

I don't fall apart in pieces

I just wear my edges out

I don't need to be forgiven

For the way I learned to cope

I'm still here between the silence

Still learning how to hope

I'm imperfect still breathing

Every doubt still in my chest

I'm not asking for your saving

Just a moment to exist

I move slow through conversations

Like my words might crack the room

I leave space between the sentences

In case I disappear too soon

I don't wear my heart in daylight

I don't bleed where people stare

I survive in half confessions

And the honesty I spare

I stopped chasing being flawless

It was louder than my truth

I found peace in being quiet

Letting scars stay out of view

I'm imperfect still breathing

Still here behind the rest

If you listen past the silence

You'll hear me do my best

If I whisper it will it stay

If I name it will it fade

I don't need it understood

I just need it not erased

I'm imperfect and I'm staying

Even when I pull away

I've learned strength can sound like nothing

Just a heart that chose to stay

I'm imperfect barely louder

Than the air I'm standing in

This is me no grand reveal

Just a quiet kind of living

Imperfect

Still here