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Stand Whole

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By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual WarriorPublished 3 months ago 1 min read

Stand Whole

Verse 1

Dear sisters, listen closely to your ground,

The place inside where quiet truth is found.

We lose our way by trying to compete

On borrowed roads that never fit our feet.

Pre‑Chorus

We weren’t made wrong, we never were undone,

We only learned to fight what we’d begun.

Chorus

Stand whole, stand whole, your power doesn’t break,

It rises when you choose what’s yours to take.

You don’t need armor shaped in someone’s frame,

Your strength is real, but it was never meant to wear another’s name.

Verse 2

We chased a fire that never warmed our skin,

Mistook the outer world for truth within.

We hardened hearts to match a hardened pace,

And lost the softness that was not disgrace.

Pre‑Chorus

We dimmed our gifts to mimic what we saw,

But lost the grace that kept our spirits raw.

Chorus

Stand whole, stand whole, your power doesn’t break,

It rises when you choose what’s yours to take.

You don’t need armor shaped in someone’s frame,

Your strength is real, but it was never meant to wear another’s name.

Bridge

Come back to rhythm carried in your chest,

The quiet pulse that tells you what is best.

Come back to wisdom born of open hands,

The kind that builds instead of reprimands.

Come back to truth that never needed proof,

The kind that stands without a shield or roof.

Verse 3

We are not halves that need a borrowed fire,

We are the spark that lights our own desire.

And when we stand in what is ours to be,

We meet the world with calm integrity.

Chorus

Stand whole, stand whole, your power doesn’t break,

It rises when you choose what’s yours to take.

You don’t need armor shaped in someone’s frame,

Your strength is real, but it was never meant to wear another’s name.

Outro

Come home, come home, to what you’ve always known,

The holy ground that’s always been your own.

surreal poetry

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Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior

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    Written by Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior