I used to trace your shadow
In every crowded room
I used to wear your memory
Like a favorite perfume
But something shifted quietly
Somewhere in the dark
The night I stopped chasing
What already fell apart
I don’t check your socials now
I don’t wonder where you are
I stopped looking for your headlights
In every passing car
The mirror doesn’t scare me
Like it did before
I’m finally recognizing
The girl I was before
I thought I needed you
To feel complete
But losing you
Brought me back to me
I found me
In the wreckage that you left
In the silence, in the tears
In the nights I couldn’t rest
I found strength
In every time you let me down
Every broken little promise
Every time you weren’t around
I thought you were my healing
But you were just the storm
I found me
And I’ve never felt more sure
You can keep the old excuses
You can keep your pride
I don’t need a final answer
I don’t need to rewind
The version that kept begging
For you to understand
Has packed her bags and walked away
She doesn’t need your hand
I used to fear the ending
Of our story line
Now I see the ending
Was the start of mine
I found me
In the wreckage that you left
In the heartbreak, in the fall
In the doubt inside my chest
I found fire
In the ashes of goodbye
Every scar you ever gave me
Taught me how to rise
I thought you were my healing
But you were just the storm
I found me
And I’ve never felt more sure
Maybe loving you
Was something I had to do
To finally see
What I deserved was me
You didn’t break me
You woke me up
I found me
Where you thought I’d disappear
In the middle of the chaos
In the middle of the fear
I found light
When you turned yours off
I found power
In everything I lost
You were just a chapter
Not my whole story
I found me
And that’s my victory
No more waiting
No more storms
I found me
And I’m moving on
