To Walk Whole

G.Cabús

True strength is not in walls,

nor in the echoes of applause,

but in the trembling courage

to stand unguarded,

to face the storm without disguise.

 

It is not the armor you carry,

nor the towers you build,

but the quiet fire within—

the one that whispers: be yourself,

even when the world demands a mask.

 

Walls may keep danger out,

applause may dress you in light,

but both are fragile, fleeting,

while the self you embrace

is the only ground that does not break.

 

To dare is to live,

to embrace is to heal,

to remain whole is the triumph

that no recognition can bestow.

 

And so I walk,

not hidden, not seeking,

but free—

unshaken in my essence,

a soul unbroken,

a heart complete.

  • Author: G.Cabús (Online Online)
  • Published: September 28th, 2025 00:53
  • Comment from author about the poem: This poem was born from a single reflection about true strength, but as I wrote, it became something more. I didn’t expect it to move me the way it did—yet as the words unfolded, I felt my own tears. They reminded me that these lines didn’t just come from thought, but from lived truth, from the quiet spaces where I’ve faced myself without walls, without masks. Writing it was like holding a mirror I had forgotten to look into, and in that mirror, I saw not just fragility, but freedom. Sometimes our own words return to us as a gift, revealing the depth of what we carry within.
  • Category: Reflection
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