{"id":3071,"date":"2025-02-26T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2025-02-26T16:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:29:06","slug":"protecting-her-peace-spoken-word-by-walking-shadow-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/protecting-her-peace-spoken-word-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Her Peace SPOKEN WORD by walking shadow poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She is fine being alone.<br>Not lonely, not searching,<br>just at peace in her own world,<br>wrapped in the quiet that never betrays her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She doesn\u2019t crave noise.<br>She doesn\u2019t need people hovering around,<br>filling the air with empty words,<br>acting like presence is the same as care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because she\u2019s learned,<br>some people bring more chaos than comfort.<br>Some walk in with sweet words<br>but leave behind broken trust.<br>Some hold her hand just to let go<br>the moment she starts holding back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not being alone that bothers her.<br>It\u2019s opening the door,<br>letting someone in,<br>making space for them,<br>only to realize they never planned to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s tired of giving people a seat at her table,<br>serving them love on fine china,<br>only for them to break the dishes<br>and leave her to clean up the mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s done explaining herself,<br>done trying to prove her worth,<br>done apologizing for choosing peace<br>over people who bring storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now, she guards her peace<br>like a sacred place,<br>like a home she built with bare hands,<br>brick by brick, after every heartbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if she lets you in,<br>don\u2019t ruin it.<br>Don\u2019t leave your footprints on her soul<br>if you never planned to stay.<br>Don\u2019t turn her soft into stone,<br>her trust into regret,<br>her love into fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because she is not afraid to be alone.<br>She is afraid of letting the wrong people in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this time,<br>she is choosing herself first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"A SIDE OF ME I DINT KNOW EXISTED poem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0yZIrtqxcI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"PEACE OF MIND spoken word by walking shadow poetry\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5da38x7xH48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She is fine being alone.Not lonely, not searching,just at peace in her own world,wrapped in the quiet that never betrays her. 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