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Quiet Doesn’t Mean Alone

You don’t have to be loud to be loved

By Maria KalafatisPublished 6 months ago 1 min read
Quiet Doesn’t Mean Alone
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Don’t attract attention, walk softly instead.

Let peace guide your steps, not the noise in your head.

You don’t need the spotlight to know you are seen.

Connection runs deeper than what’s on a screen.

Some dance in the center and shine in the crowd.

But others find beauty in not being loud.

You bloom in the silence, in stillness and grace,

With warmth in your heart and calm on your face.

Connection is found in the quietest things,

In the hush of the night or the flutter of wings.

A smile with no reason, a gentle hello,

A soul that finds wonder in watching things grow.

To not draw attention is not to be lost.

Your presence is felt like the frost in the moss.

You’re someone who listens, who watches with care,

Who doesn’t need noise to prove they are there.

True friendship begins in the spaces between,

Not just in the bright lights, but moments unseen.

So do not fear quiet, it carries a gift.

It teaches your heart where real love can drift.

You don’t need the crowd to feel worthy and strong.

Your value was in you all along.

Your kindness is steady, your soul full of light.

And those meant to find you will know you are right.

Attention can fade like the end of a show.

But connection grows slowly, like roots far below.

It finds you in silence, in peace, in your truth.

Not only in fame, or glamour, or youth.

So walk through this world with your heart open wide.

The right ones will find you and walk by your side.

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About the Creator

Maria Kalafatis

I am a creative writer that loves to write poems and short stories, as well and the ocasonal review on stuff that I love and enjoy

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