“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” Stephen Hawking
“Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know.” Michaela Chung
“Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose, larger than the self kind of understanding.” Bill Bullard
Suit of armour
Hard to believe
She choses to wear her
Hair as though the wind
Has had its way
Who would want
To dress so casual
Borderline slovenly
As if it is a uniform
Others cast aside
Her shoes, worn
No, pathetic
So out of date
Lacking style, fashion unconscious
If you even notice her
She is off in a corner
Back to any available wall
Book, journal, alone
Sometimes she is joined by others
Pulled from her pages
She holds them in her gaze
Square on, silent
Nodding her head, offering a hand
Armed with hugs
A quiet word as needed
She holds up the mirror
Offers a different view
Her mask keeps frivolity at bay
But those in need
Always seem to find her
Even seek her out
And for them, she is there
Telling no tales
Bisous
Léa
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