Defiance

Scraped knees, bloody knuckles, scars etched on my soul

Another dead end, another story left untold

World throws punches, life's a battlefield I roam

But deep inside a flicker, a fire calls me home

Hope, a ember in the ashes, a defiant spark

Perseverance, the hammer that breaks through the dark

We fight, we fall, we rise again, defiance in our eyes

This ain't over, not by a long shot, the fire never dies

Doubt whispers in the shadows, a chilling, hollow sound

The weight of failure crushing, dragging me to the ground