I place myself where daylight stays,

where quiet strength outshines the haze.

I guard my heart, I clear my ground,

no borrowed noise, no needless sound.

The world may tug, may beg, may bend,

but I answer only what I am.

I tend my dreams with patient hands,

I stitch my wounds with wiser plans.

I dance with dawn, I weather rain,

I turn my scars to sacred gain.

No guilt for space my spirit claims,

for love I shape, for chosen flames.

This year is mine—my breath, my tone,

my steady rise, my standing stone.

I bend, not break; I learn, I grow,

I trust the path I choose to go.

My soul grows brave, my heart runs free,

I live this life deliberately.

With purpose sharp and vision true,

I walk aligned with all I knew.

I am my promise, kept in sight

this life, this self, this earned light.