Peace belongs to you

☮PEACE BELONGS TO YOU

We spend our days

polishing our words,

straightening our posture,

editing ourselves

for an imagined audience.

But the ones we try to impress

are only a handful

some who love us regardless,

some who judge us no matter what.

And beyond them

there stretches a vast sea

of silent faces,

neither for us nor against us,

simply passing by.

Yet we burn ourselves

for the warmth of a few opinions

while ignoring

the cool stillness

of the indifferent many.

Let them watch, or not.

Let them praise, or not.

Their gaze is theirs

our peace is ours.🙏

© Sukanya Yogesh (2025)

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