[Intro]
Softly now, the calendar sighs in light
A quiet hum of beginnings in the night
[Verse 1]
Another circle, gentle and bright
I met myself in the corners of the light
Small moments tallied like stars on the skin of time
I learned to breathe in the chaos, to let it rhyme
[Pre-Chorus]
Worn pages flipped with steady hands
I found new courage in the small, unwritten plans
[Chorus]
This year, I grew in careful, stubborn ways
Not loud, but true, like dawn after long nights of gray
I celebrate the soft wins I didn’t plan to keep
The quiet victories, the promises I chose to keep
[Verse 2]
I learned to listen to the wounds and the wounds forgave
To walk through storms with a steadier pace
I gathered around me the people who stayed
Turned fragile moments into homeland, my safe place
[Pre-Chorus]
Gratitude blooming in the cracks of time
I carried hope like a weathered rhyme
[Chorus]
This year, I grew in careful, stubborn ways
Not loud, but true, like dawn after long nights of gray
I celebrate the soft wins I didn’t plan to keep
The quiet victories, the promises I chose to keep
[Bridge]
If light can bend through winter air, so can I
If tides recede, I rise and try
The road ahead glows with patient faith
I’m ready for what comes next, in free earned grace
[Chorus]
This year, I grew in careful, stubborn ways
Not loud, but true, like dawn after long nights of gray
I celebrate the soft wins I didn’t plan to keep
The quiet victories, the promises I chose to keep
[Outro]
So here’s to one more circle, one kinder shine
A quieter joy, a louder heart, aligned
