The Part You Don’t See

People see a part of us.

The smile.

The energy.

The way we seem.

And that’s what stays.

But there is always another side.

Quieter.

Sometimes more tired.

And often

it’s not that others don’t see it.

Sometimes

we are the ones who keep it hidden.

How many words we left unfinished.

How many opinions we kept halfway.

How many thoughts we stopped in the middle.

How many desires we never said out loud.

Not always because of others.

Sometimes because of fear.

Fear of being judged.

Fear of being misunderstood.

Fear of breaking the balance around us.

So that part remains quiet.

Not fake.

Not wrong.

Just unseen.

— Fuerpa Slow Journal