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Adrião Pereira da Cunha's avatar

The poem reads like a warning spoken from experience, showing how doubt planted by others can slowly eat away at your confidence. It captures the way harmful people work quietly and deliberately, using small insinuations to make you question your own intuition. Their words don’t attack directly they erode, little by little, until you start losing trust in yourself. The image of doubt as a seed someone tends on purpose feels painfully true, especially when the goal is to weaken your spirit. The poem also highlights how doubt disconnects you from your inner guidance, leaving you vulnerable to someone else’s intentions. But it doesn’t stay in that darkness: it ends with a clear, empowering call to turn away and protect yourself. It’s a reminder that your clarity and self‑trust are worth defending, and that stepping back from those who undermine you is an act of strength.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

That's lovely! Thank you, Adrião!

Martine 🦋's avatar

Absofuckinglutely! I ran.... off to better places 😘

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Good for you! 😊😘

NIDRISTA's avatar

Namaste 🙏🏻✨

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Namaste 🙏

Marpy Hayse's avatar

Don't listen to those voices! Be the light you are!

Rea de Miranda's avatar

I agree, Marpy!

Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Namaste to you also today

Mark Farley’s wandering’s's avatar

Another powerful poem Rea, peace and harmony, the “I“ and the “me”. Avoid those who wish anything else for you. Or something like that🙏

Rea de Miranda's avatar

I agree, Mark. Thank you.

Aaliya's avatar

Powerful writing !!

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Aaliya!

erin's avatar

There's a real intimacy in the way you talk about returning to yourself. Tuning out the 'insinuation' to get back to that internal knowing is such a mood. Beautifully done✨✨

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for your beautiful reaction, Erin! 🤍

Stephen Drew's avatar

To our own Self be true.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Exactly. ❤️

AsukaHotaru's avatar

Seeds planted with insinuation is such a nasty little line, I had to stop there for a second...

Rea de Miranda's avatar

It says everything.

Esther Stanway-Williams's avatar

Turn away from them and save yourself…oh yes, a great conclusion to a wonderful poem, Rea 💪❤️

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Esther! 💞