Do they bring peace?

Check the hearts you call your own,  

Not all are meant to stay.  

Some walked in when you were lost,  

And never meant to stay.

Not every hand you’ve reached to hold  

Was reaching out for you —  

Some filled a gap inside your soul  

Where self-love never grew.

They wore the mask of comfort’s light,  

But shadowed you in need.  

Fed by fear, by lust, by wounds,  

By longing left to bleed.

You called them soul connections once,  

But silence tells the truth.  

Some mirrors only show you back  

The ache you hid since youth.

So pause, and ask: Do they bring peace,  

Or patch what’s torn apart?  

Do they reflect the light you give —  

Or drain your beating heart?

You are the love you seek the most,  

The warmth you’ve craved so long.  

Give it first to your own soul —  

You’ve held it all along.