Broken System

They told me to speak, but never to scream, to suffer in Silence, to live in between The halls of my childhood, a warzone in disguise Fists and whispers, laughter filled with lies Raised in a home where love meant fear, every plea for help Fell on deaf ears Trapped in a cycle I couldn't escape, a child unheard, a life Taking shape This is a broken system, a hollow lie, where the innocent Break, and the guilty thrive No justice, no voice, just a life in chains, screaming for help But nothing ever changed This is a broken system, and I'm still here, but I won't fade I won't disappear Social workers came, but they couldn't see, the mask I was forced to wear just to breathe Every scar, every bruise, brushed away, like my suffering Was just a child's game to play Then I found love, or so I was told, but his hands were heavy His words were cold Another cage, another fight, another war I lost each night This is a broken system, a hollow lie, where the innocent Break, and the guilty thrive No justice, no voice, just a life in chains, screaming for help But nothing ever changed This is a broken system, and I'm still here, but I won't fade I won't disappear This is a broken system, a hollow lie, where the innocent Break, and the guilty thrive No justice, no voice, just a life in chains, screaming for help But nothing ever changed This is a broken system, and I'm still here, but I won't fade I won't disappear I won't be your victim, I won't play your game, I won't let This world erase my name You turned away, you closed your eyes, left me drowning In my cries But I rise, I burn, I fight, this broken system won't steal my Light I'll scream until the world can see, that silence will never Bury me This is a broken system, but I won't break, I'll tear it down For every child's sake No justice, no voice, but I will be heard, I will shatter every Empty word This is a broken system, and I'm still here, not a victim-I'm The storm they fear I was a ghost, I was unseen, but I'll be the fire that sets them free This is a broken system, but I still breathe, and I won't stop Until we're all free.