Echos of the unwanted

You don’t hate me.

You hate what you don’t understand.

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They said I was broken from the start

Too loud, too sharp, too dark

But you only see the teeth I show

Not the cage around my heart

You called me monster

I learned the role

Fed me fire

Now I breathe in smoke

Every label you pressed in my skin

Turned to armor underneath

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You flinch when I speak

Like my truth’s a threat

But I only got loud

When you wouldn’t let

Me exist

Without a fight

So I turned my pain

Into bite

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I’m the echo of the unwanted

The shadow you created

You built this rage inside me

Now you act so devastated

I don’t need your mercy

I don’t need your hand

You misunderstood the warning

Now you hear the tone of the damned

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I learned real quick

Silence gets stepped on

So I sharpened my voice

Till the fear was gone

You whisper “unstable”

Like it’s a curse

But you never saw

Who made it worse

Every scar got a story

Every story got a name

And the ones who judge the loudest

Usually lit the flame

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(whispered, controlled rage)

no soy el monstruo…

tú me hiciste así…

me llamaste peligro…

ahora mírame a mí…

si grito es porque

nadie quiso oír…

soy el eco del daño…

que dejaste en mí…

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I’m the echo of the unwanted

No more begging to belong

If my voice shakes the room

Maybe it was right all along

You can call me damaged

You can say I’m too damned

But I survived what broke me

Now I stand how I stand.