Enough in the Dawn

[Intro] Whispers in the mirror, I count the lines I need to mend Silence in my chest, but I’m listening for a friend [Verse 1] You say I’m enough, but the voice in me keeps shouting louder I’m chasing shadows of a girl I used to be, I’m growing by the hour Nukupenda, unaonekana—weighing my flaws on a gold-fringed scale Trying to trust your eyes when my own are skeptical and pale [Pre-Chorus] If I stumble, you catch me with a whisper of hope If I fall, I’ll rise with a promise I won’t revoke [Chorus] I’m learning to love the parts I fear, I’m learning to breathe in the doubt You tell me I’m enough, I’m trying to believe it out loud Niko bize ya moyo—slowly I’m finding my form But I’m still learning to stand when storms form [Verse 2] I write my names on the day I’ll approve of me I speak gentle truths to the girl nobody else can see Katika giza, I whisper: you’re allowed to grow Kwa kidole changu, I trace the future I’m ready to know [Pre-Chorus] If I stumble, you catch me with a whisper of hope If I fall, I’ll rise with a promise I won’t revoke [Chorus] I’m learning to love the parts I fear, I’m learning to breathe in the doubt You tell me I’m enough, I’m trying to believe it out loud Niko bize ya moyo—slowly I’m finding my form But I’m still learning to stand when storms form [Bridge] Maybe I’ll never be perfect, but I’ll be true to my dawn I’ll stitch my scars into a map to carry me on [Chorus] I’m learning to love the parts I fear, I’m learning to breathe in the doubt You tell me I’m enough, I’m trying to believe it out loud Niko bize ya moyo—slowly I’m finding my form And tomorrow I’ll rise, a stronger girl, a braver dawn [Outro] Whispered words fade, but courage stays in my heart’s glow I’m enough in your gaze, I’m enough in the life I’ll own