I’ve worn through shoes

On roads that didn’t bend

Kept walking anyway

Even when they wouldn’t end

Tied up loose hope

With thread I couldn’t see

Some days that was enough

To keep a piece of me

I’m stitched up strong

Not flawless, but I last

Held together by the things

They always overlook or pass

No glory in the climb

But I never stopped instead

I’ve been pulling through

With teeth and thread

I’ve bent, not broken

I’ve swayed but stayed

Somehow even silence

Can still sound brave

No spotlight needed

No grand parade

Just quiet hands

That learn to stay

I’m stitched up strong

Not flawless, but I last

Held together by the things

They always overlook or pass

No glory in the climb

But I never stopped instead

I’ve been pulling through

With teeth and thread

So if you’re tired too

If your seams are thin

There’s power in patching

Where the break’s been

I’m stitched up strong

Not perfect, not clean

But I’m walking proof

You don’t need sheen

Just heart, just grit

And a thread that’s red

I’m still here, I’m not done yet

Still holding on

With teeth and thread