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by Samantha Syrnich (TLC)
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Strength that is real
does not raise its voice.
It does not clench its fists.
It does not need steel edges
to announce its presence.

When the inside is fortified—
when the heart has survived
storms,
betrayals,
winters,
and still beats with purpose—
gentleness becomes a luxury
you can finally afford.

Soft hands
do not signal weakness.
They are the hands that learned
how to hold fire without burning,
how to open without breaking,
how to carry truth
without fear of being dropped.

You become calm
because you are no longer threatened.
You become tender
because you no longer need armor.
You become kind
because you finally understand
that cruelty is a mask
for those who feel hollow within.

When you are strong on the inside,
your softness becomes a quiet halo—
a sign not of fragility,
but of victory.

A softness earned,
not given.
A softness that says,
I have already survived
what was meant to destroy me—
so nothing out here
can touch who I am within.