Midnight Sidewalk Swing

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[Verse 1]
Late bus home
Creased up coat, same poem
Steam from the cup in my hand
Street corner band in my headphones

Slow walk, cracked sidewalk groove
Mismatched shoes, but I still move
Muttered prayers under yellow glow
Let the night decide what I know

[Chorus]
Midnight sidewalk swing
Heart on a lazy string
Let the world just spin, I stay in my lane
Head nod, pocket so deep
These little losses I keep
Turn every bruise into part of my name

[Verse 2]
Phone on mute, mind turned loud
Old fears marching like a proud crowd
But my step stays soft, in time
Every doubt gets cut by the rhyme

Tired eyes, but the soul awake
Count each breath like a drum break
Snap of the cold in my lungs
Turned into rhythm on my tongue

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register, half-spoken]
I been broke, been bent, been blamed
Been called every smallness by every wrong name
But this beat in my chest keeps talking back
Saying, “You’re more than the math of what you lack”

[Chorus]