Soft Doesn’t Shatter
For the ones built to last, not perform.
Not everything survives
by fighting.
Some things endure
by listening
to the storm’s language,
and answering nothing.
By holding breath
instead of ground.
By learning the difference
between breaking
and bending on purpose.
Resilience isn’t loud —
it hums.
It waits.
It chooses when to rise,
and when to let the wind
tire itself out.
Real strength
does not chase applause.
It outlives
what tried to swallow it.
And when the noise fades,
the quiet ones —
the steady ones —
are still here,
rooted and unbeaten,
soft on purpose,
holy in their staying.
Because some souls
aren’t built to impress the world —
only to outlast it.
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Marcus Hill
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