Don’t Chase, Build on Vocal

Don’t Chase, Build on Vocal

I don’t chase

not love, not friends

not ghosts with half a promise grin

I plant my feet, I build, I tend

to who I am beneath my skin

I wear no mask, I sell no charm

for someone else to feel at ease

if they must run from what I am

then let them go, I will not freeze

I do my work, I keep my lane

I sweat the days, I rise through pain

I speak my truth in steady flame

and never beg to hear my name

The ones meant for me

they’ll show, not sway

they’ll knock, not drift

and they will stay

So I don’t chase

I rise, I grow

and those who see me

learn to know

that being me

was all it took

not fancy words

not baited hook

just honest fire

and open hand

a quiet strength

to understand

That I am not

for everyone

I am more

than anyone

who only loved

a shadow’s trace

and vanished

when I showed

my face