Asas da Liberdade

I was born with chains that no one could see
A weight upon my chest, a voice that fell silent
But within my heart a flame persisted
Screaming softly: It is not over yet

I tore the papers that dictated my course
I burned the addresses I was meant to follow
I looked to the horizon and felt the perfume
Of the wind that arrives to stir me

Wings of freedom, carry me away
Pierce the heavens, tear through the dawn
There is no cage that can hold me now
I am the flight, I am the color
Wings of freedom, open the way
May fear lose itself, alone on the wind
Today I decide my own destiny
With wings of fire in my heart

Each scar is a map of my own making
Each tear has opened a window
What they tried to erase with ashes and scorn
Became a beacon upon my window

I ask no permission to exist
I await no applause to smile
My truth does not fit within a rulebook
My freedom asks no leave to rise

Wings of freedom, carry me higher
Above the screams, above the asphalt
Let the world down below grow small
While I dance in the heart of the wind
Wings of freedom, they do not turn back
What once was broken already knows how to fly
Today I am the sky, today I am peace
Wings of freedom
Forever they will walk with me

Freedom
Is the sound of my own wings beating
Freedom
Is me, deciding how I will live the time that is left to me