ENERGY DOESN’T LIE

It’s Not Always the Loud Arguments or The Obvious Insults,

Sometimes, It’s Just…The Presence,

That One Person Whose Energy Enters the Room Before They Do

And Immediately Shifts the Atmosphere

Your Chest Tightens,

You Go Quiet,

You Smile Less

They Talk Like They Own the Space,

They Laugh Like Everything Is Fine,

They Keep Showing Up with The Same Loudness,

The Same Energy, Never Realizing or Maybe Not Caring,

How Much It Drains the People Around Them.

And What Stings the Most Is That They Think It’s A “Them” Thing.

They Think It’s Confidence. Charisma,

They Think People Go Quiet Around Them Out of Respect,

But Really, It’s Out of Survival.

We Don’t Speak Not Because We’re Beneath Them,

But Because We’re Tired of How Heavy It Feels to Exist Next to Them.

I Used to Blame Myself for Feeling This Way,

Maybe I Was Being Too Sensitive,

Too Cold,

Too Distant,

But The Truth Is,

My Body Was Telling Me the Truth Long Before My Mind Admitted It.

My Spirit Knew What My Eyes Hadn’t Seen Yet,

It Wasn’t Me,

It Was the Energy.

The Way They Made Everything About Them, Even My Silence.

They Smiled with Their Mouths but Had Shadows in Their Hearts.

So, No…

I Don’t Hate Being in That Room.

I Just Hate How I Become in Their Presence…

Small,

Tense,

Tired,

And That’s Not Who I Am,

Not Anymore.

Remember;

Energy Doesn’t Lie…

Your Spirit Knows What Your Eyes Haven’t Seen Yet.

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