I'm Not Alone

There were nights I couldn’t name the ache

Just a silence I was trying not to break

Dreams fell down like pictures from the wall

And I learned how not to feel at all

But the truth kept knocking anyway

In the shadows I tried to keep at bay

Every memory I tried to outrun

Still whispered, "You’re not the only one"

So I walked into a room of folding chairs

Heard my story in the voices there

I’m learning how to hold the hurt, not hide

Let it sit with me, right by my side

With the hands I’ve found, I’m not alone

In the breaking, something whole is grown

Pain may come, but I don’t have to stay

Lost inside it, carried away

I can feel it, grieve it, let it be

And still choose what becomes of me

When the past comes knocking at my door

I don’t turn the lock like I did before

I let it in, I give it space to speak

Like a friend who’s finally found me weak

I try to listen like I’ve learned to do

With the grace I’ve seen in all of you

Every tear is something passing through

Not a life I have to hold onto

If I meet myself with gentle hands

I can finally start to understand

I’m learning how to hold the hurt, not hide

Let it sit with me, right by my side

With the hands I’ve found, I’m not alone

In the breaking, something whole is grown

Pain may come, but I don’t have to stay

Lost inside it, carried away

I can feel it, grieve it, let it be

And still choose what becomes of me

They say the oak stands strong against the wind

And diamonds form where the weight has been

So maybe every storm I’ve walked inside

Is shaping something I don’t have to hide

Pain is here, but it won’t define

All the love I’m learning to make mine

I’m learning how to hold the hurt, not hide

Let it sit with me, right by my side

With the hands I’ve found, I’m not alone

In the breaking, something whole is grown

Pain may come, but I don’t have to stay

Lost inside it, carried away

I can feel it, grieve it, let it be

And still choose what becomes of me

When it knocks, I’ll open up the door

I don’t fear what I’ve felt before

Step by step, I’m finding peace

In letting go… and in release