Built In A Blizzard

Built in the blizzard.
Raised
where the light don't stay.
Ollifax.
I was built
in the blizzard,
made out of strain.
Cold in my lungs,
but I walk through pain.
Hard road hit,
still I don't fold.
Fire in the chest,
but the eyes stay cold.
Hold
that tether
when the night gets wide.
One more step
with the crew beside.
Metronome soul,
tick through the pressure.
Hard times made me.
They don't measure.
I came
from nights
where the dark had weight.
Where the wind chewed skin
and the wolves stayed late.
No soft hands taught
me how to survive.
Just frostbite truth
and the will to drive.
I seen hunger sit
at the table quiet.
Seen good men rage,
seen tired men riot.
Still learned patience
from a frozen door.
Knock long enough,
you become the force.
I don't chase fame.
I don't beg luck.
I put both hands
on the load
and truck.
If the road caves in
and the sky turns black,
I mark my breath
and I make tracks.
No quit in the marrow.
No fear in the rope.
North Star narrow.
Still gives hope.
I was built
in the blizzard,
made out of strain.
Cold in my lungs,
but I walk through pain.
Hard road hit,
still I don't fold.
Fire in the chest,
but the eyes stay cold.
Hold
that tether
when the night gets wide.
One more step
with the crew beside.
Metronome soul,
tick through the pressure.
Hard times made me.
They don't measure.
I know broke days.
I know empty plates.
I know dead end jobs
and locked up gates.
I know waking up
with the same old war,
Then lacing boots
and asking
for more.
Dedication ain't loud.
It don't shine.
It's a slow cut made
one line at a time.
It's the unpaid bill
and the held back curse.
It's doing right
when the world gets worse.
I keep faith in
the work I do.
Keep rope tied to
the chosen few.
If I fall once,
I rise twice.
Blood runs warm
under old ice.
The storm don't care
what name you carry.
The night don't care
what weight you bury.
So I move
with the ones I trust.
Steel in the breath.
Frost in the dust.
I was built
in the blizzard,
made out of strain.
Cold in my lungs,
but I walk through pain.
Hard road hit,
still I don't fold.
Fire in the chest,
but the eyes stay cold.
Hold
that tether
when the night gets wide.
One more step
with the crew beside.
Metronome soul,
tick through the pressure.
Hard times made me.
They don't measure.
Built in the blizzard.
Still on the line.
Still walking.
Still mine.