Breaking The Silence Within

She was a girl with silent dreams,
Softly stitched in hopeful seams,
A world she built within her mind,
Where love was pure and life was kind.

But voices came from every side,
“Your place is where your fate will guide,”
Her dreams grew quiet, her words grew small,
As expectations built their wall.

She said “yes” with a trembling heart,
Though deep inside, she fell apart,
A bride in colors, dressed so bright,
Hiding her truth behind a smile so light.

At first, the world seemed calm and fair,
Polite words floating in the air,
She tried to fit, she tried to stay,
Believing love would find its way.

But slowly came the unseen chain,
In whispered words, in silent pain,
“Not enough,” they’d often say,
A price her soul was asked to pay.

Her laughter faded day by day,
Her shining light began to sway,
She lost herself in quiet fear,
Yet no one stopped to see her tears.

One night she faced her own reflection,
A broken truth, a deep connection,
“Who am I?” her heart cried loud,
Lost within a judging crowd.

Then rose a voice she long ignored,
A strength within she had stored,
“You are enough, don’t fade away,
You are not a price to pay.”

She stood the next day, calm yet strong,
For silence had endured too long,
“I choose respect, I choose my voice,
My life, my dignity — my choice.”

The world would speak, the world would blame,
But she walked on, no fear, no shame,
For in her heart, a fire grew,
A truth so strong, a self so true.

She built herself from shattered ground,
In broken pieces, strength she found,
No longer lost, no longer small,
She rose beyond it all.

And now she stands where light is clear,
With steady voice, without fear,
A story not of pain alone,
But of a soul that claimed its own.

For she had learned what few can see,
That strength begins with “I am me,”
And no demand, no force, no way…
Could make her life a price to pay.