Different eyes

I chase a map on borrowed paper Lines of gold, a promised caper But winds of sorrow tore it apart Left me wandering with a broken heart Dreams unravel, threads unwound A heavy silence, a hollow sound Keep running, they cried, the pain will fade Your stillness is the choice you've made But how can they grasp the storm I bear A quiet war, my cross to wear I'm on the life I thought was mine A starlit path, a grand design A guilt-like ghost begins to wane The weight dissolves, I break the chain No need for masks or alibis I'm finding truth through different eyes Ancestral whispers call my skin To rest is sin, to yield akin To failure's kiss, a hollow claim But this aching frame is not my shame Each step I take defies the call A fragile rise, unendless falls They'll never know the nights I played The wars I fought within my head Not laziness, but quiet grace To heal within this fragile space I'm on the life I thought was mine A starlit path, a grand design A guilt-like ghost begins to wane The weight dissolves, I break the chain No need for masks or alibis I'm finding truth through different eyes Decades deep, the roots of shame Fed by voices that bore my name I dig them out, let the soil breathe Plant seeds of strength beneath my grief Scars I wear, a living prose A testament to the path I chose I'm on the life I thought was mine But find myself in this design The pain, the loss, a tender guide To light the fire that burns inside No need for masks or alibis I'm seeing life through different eyes So here I stand on unwritten ground A symphony in silence found No longer bound by youth's disguise I soar, I bloom through different eyes This life so fractured still is mine A masterpiece, a new design