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Morning breaks like a fragile promise

Light slips in through the cracks of doubt

Heart feels heavy, the mind keeps running

Every thought screaming “get me out”

I’ve been wrestling shadows in my chest

Calling my fear by its name

But I’m still breathing, still standing

So I whisper it again

I don’t need forever

I just need today

One more breath, one more moment

I choose to stay

Chorus

Not this day, not this night

I’m still here, I’m still alive

I know the storm will have its way

But it won’t take me—

Not this day

One step, one prayer, one truth I say

I may fall, but I won’t fade

I’ll meet the end when it finds its way

Not this day

Today I live—

Demons talk in a thousand voices

Tell me I’m broken beyond repair

But I place my hand over my heartbeat

Feel the proof that I’m still here

I breathe in calm, I breathe out poison

Let the tears cleanse what they can

Healing isn’t a straight-line story

It’s learning how to stand again

I ground my feet in the present

Feel the earth hold me fast

This moment is medicine

I don’t need the past

Not this day, not this night

I’m still here, I’m still alive

I know the storm will have its way

But it won’t take me—

Not this day

One step, one prayer, one truth I say

I may fall, but I won’t fade

I’ll meet the end when it finds its way

Not this day

Today I live—

I honor the pain, I don’t run away

I let it move through, I let it say

What it came to teach, then I release

This body is wiser than my fear believes

Hands to heart, eyes to sky

Even broken wings can learn to fly

I’m not weak for needing light

I’m brave for choosing life

Breakdown (optional / spoken or soft)

One day at a time

One breath at a time

If all I do today is survive

That is enough

That is victory

Not this day, not this night

I’m still here, I’m still alive

I don’t need answers, I just need faith

In this breath I take—

Not this day

If tomorrow asks, I’ll find my way

But I won’t borrow tomorrow’s pain

I’ll meet the end when it calls my name

Not this day

Today I live—

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