stil I raise

Clock in, clock out, chasing time  
School bells ring, but peace don’t chime  
Family dinners with silent wars  
Faith feels distant behind closed doors  

Society says “Be this, not that”  
Religion says “Don’t slip, don’t crack”  
But I’m just trying to breathe and grow  
To find the light in what I know  

  
Still I rise — through the chaos and the noise  
Still I rise — with a whisper, not a voice  
I’ve been broken, I’ve been bruised  
But I won’t be misused  
Still I rise — not perfect, not clean  
But I’m learning what life really means  


I’ve juggled dreams with dirty hands  
Built my hope on shifting sands  
But every fall taught me grace  
Every scar became a place  

Where truth could bloom, where love could stay  
Where I could learn to walk away  
From guilt, from shame, from fear disguised  
As rules that kept me paralyzed  


I’m not what they expect to see  
I’m more than work, more than degree  
I’m soul and sweat, I’m faith and fight  
I’m wrong and right on the same night  

  
Still I rise — through the doubt and the strain  
Still I rise — through the loss and the pain  
I’ve been tested, I’ve been torn  
But I’m reborn every morn  
Still I rise — with no map, no script  
Just a heart that won’t quit  
Still I rise — and I choose the climb  
Balancing chaos, one step at a time  

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