Awakening

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The street still sleeps, the shadows fade from view,
The morning breaks the grey and brings the light anew.
I pull myself together, shake the night away,
The morning pulls me up — I'm standing. Here to stay.

I knew the empty rooms, the coldness of these walls,
But I broke through the silence on my own.
Now my heartbeat keeps a steady metronome,
And every breath I take is my way home.

I hear it — beating in my chest,
I hear it — rising in my soul,
A rhythm that won't let me turn.
Walking, breathing, living — I'm moving on.

I'm waking up — and I rise,
Through the doubt — I walk on.
I won't betray my own dawn —
I won't give my life away.

Let the whole world change around me,
I am choosing this road.
Do you hear? I'm walking on,
My dawn is leading me.

And if the night comes back again —
I will remember this quiet light.
The fire lives — and it's in me,
I will never let it die. Not while I breathe.

I hear it — beating in my chest,
I hear it — rising in my soul,
A rhythm that won't let me turn.
Walking, breathing, living — I'm moving on.

I'm waking up — and I rise,
Through the doubt — I walk on.
I won't betray my own dawn —
I won't give my life away.

Let the whole world change around me,
I am choosing this road.
Do you hear? I'm walking on,
My dawn is leading me.

...This is my dawn...
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