What I Buried To Become Me

I built a home out of hollow bones
Slept in the ache I called my own
Buried the lie where no one could see
And prayed the dark would set me free

I dug a grave for who I was
Beneath the weight of just because
Now every scar's a map I read
To find the ghost I used to be

What I buried to become me
Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean
It was love I couldn't carry
And dreams that split at the seams
I'm not proud of every ending
But I'm breathing finally
So don't ask me to unearth
What I buried to become me

I kept the notes you never read
Folded beneath the words I said
I wore your silence like a crown
And let it pull me further down

I dug a grave for who I was
Beneath the weight of just because
Now every scar's a map I read
To find the ghost I used to be

What I buried to become me
Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean
It was love I couldn't carry
And dreams that split at the seams
I'm not proud of every ending
But I'm breathing finally
So don't ask me to unearth
What I buried to become me

I lit a match to my old reflection
Watched it burn with no objection
If healing means forgetting
Then I'll forget with conviction

I'm not the same
I'm not sorry
I'm the wreckage
Turned to poetry

What I buried to become me
Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean
It was love I couldn't carry
And dreams that split at the seams
I'm not proud of every ending
But I'm breathing finally
So don't ask me to unearth
What I buried to become me