MY NAME IS
MINE.

There comes a time
when a man stops explaining
what almost broke him.
He just stands there
and remembers who he is.

They put their hands on my story
Tried to tell it in their way
Turned my silence into weakness
Turned my wounds into their blame

I have walked through heavy voices
I have swallowed bitter lines
But the truth beneath my breathing
Never left these bones of mine

You can write me in the shadows
You can leave me in the rain
But the heart that kept on beating
Still remembers its own name

My name is mine
After all they tried to take
My breath is mine
Even when my hands still shake

My road is mine
Every scar, every line
I came through the fire
And my name is mine

I was bent but never owned
I was tired but never sold
I was left outside the doorway
But my spirit did not fold

There were days I spoke so softly
Even I could barely hear
Now the night can stand before me
And I will not disappear

Let them carry their own stories
Let them dress them up in light
I have found my voice returning
In the middle of the night

My name is mine
After all they tried to take
My breath is mine
Even when my hands still shake

My road is mine
Every scar, every line
I came through the fire
And my name is mine

I am not the lie they told
I am not the fear they made
I am not the broken picture
That they tried to leave displayed

I am blood and I am memory
I am dust and I am flame
I am still the one who answers
When life calls me by my name

My name is mine!
My name is mine!
After everything,
my name is mine!

My name is mine
After all they tried to take
My breath is mine
Even when my hands still shake

My road is mine
Every scar, every line
I came through the fire
And my name is mine

Still breathing
Still standing
Still carrying the sign

They took many things from me
But my name is mine