I have struggled recently with feeling weak for choosing to stay (twice). I wrote about it, then I asked AI to polish it up and add music. This is helping me feel strong. I am hoping it helps someone else -- well I can't post the URL of the song with the music, but here are the lyrics The Woman Who Stayed
(Verse 1)
I’ve walked through the wreckage, the ashes and rain,
Holding the echoes of love and of pain.
I swore I would leave if the promise was betrayed,
But hearts don’t move easy, they bend, they stay.
(Pre-Chorus)
I tried to fix what was broken in two,
Believed in the vows, believed in the truth.
And though the world said, "You should’ve walked away,"
I found a different kind of brave.
(Chorus)
’Cause it’s strong to stay when your soul’s torn apart,
It’s courage to heal with a trembling heart.
Forgiving myself for the roads that I paved,
I’m not weak for the love that I gave.
I’m learning to see through the tears and the shade,
There’s power in being the woman who stayed.
(Verse 2)
I built walls of grace where the trust used to be,
Tried to find peace with the ghost next to me.
I wasn’t naïve, I was fighting for more,
For the life we had built, for the "us" before.
(Pre-Chorus)
And maybe the mirror’s been hard to face,
But I’m learning that strength wears a softer face.
Forgiveness is not a surrender, it’s flame—
The light that whispers my name.
(Chorus)
’Cause it’s strong to stay when your soul’s torn apart,
It’s courage to heal with a trembling heart.
Forgiving myself for the roads that I paved,
I’m not weak for the love that I gave.
I’m learning to see through the tears and the shade,
There’s power in being the woman who stayed.
(Bridge)
Someday my daughters will see what I mean,
That love isn’t simple or always serene.
It takes guts to believe when the story repeats,
To hold out your heart when it still bleeds.
(Final Chorus)
It’s strength to stay, to face what remains,
It’s courage to hope through the thunder and rain.
Forgiving myself, I’m not afraid—
Of the woman I was, or the choices I made.
Love doesn’t fade, it just learns to be brave,
And I’m proud to be the woman who stayed.
(Outro)
So here’s to the hearts that refuse to decay,
To the ones who keep loving anyway.
Not broken, not weak, not ashamed—
Just human, just strong…
The woman who stayed.
