<p>Once I thought,</p><p>If I had a shield, it would protect me from all.</p><p>And what would it be made of ?</p><p>Eggs?</p><p>No, they would be too fragile for hard times.</p><p>Cotton?</p><p>They would get soaked with my tears, and become nothing.</p><p>Wood?</p><p>That’s worse, they feed fire and turn to ash.</p><p>Metal?</p><p>Its not heat resistant either. The world is hot enough already.</p><p>Iron?</p><p>Little difference.</p><p>Diamonds?</p><p>Nah! Too brilliant, and not in a good way. It makes light blinding.</p><p><br></p><p>What, then, could my shield be made of?</p><p>No material can endure; perhaps, only the intangible remains.</p><p><br></p><p>Ah, now I see it, </p><p><br></p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/girl by bush at night.jpeg" alt=""><br></p><p>The one thing that can protect me from all.</p><p>Placed within me by my Creator, since time began,</p><p>It stands strong, powered by its own will.</p><p>Even in the fiercest storms, it finds the way.</p><p><br></p><p>It can outsmart the impossible,</p><p>A defense that needs no sword, no blade.</p><p>It relies on no one but me.</p><p>I wield it as it wields me,</p><p>Bound together, inseparable,</p><p>I control it as it controls me,</p><p>I need it as much as it needs me.</p><p><br></p><p>My Mind!!!</p><p><br></p><p>Not bound by the weight of matter,</p><p>It travels where no feet can tread.</p><p>A fortress against the chaos of the world,</p><p>When the storm rages, it is the eye, still and clear.</p><p><br></p><p>It bends not to the winds of doubt,</p><p>Nor does it shatter under the pressure of fear.</p><p>Like an ocean deep beneath the surface,</p><p>Calm yet holding immense power.</p><p><br></p><p>With every challenge, it sharpens,</p><p>Turning fear into wisdom,</p><p>Pain into strength,</p><p>Failure into fuel for greater triumphs.</p><p><br></p><p>It is both sword and shield,</p><p>Cutting through illusions,</p><p>And deflecting arrows of despair.</p><p>No force outside can conquer what lies within,</p><p>For my mind is infinite, unyielding,</p><p>And in its boundlessness,</p><p>I find my truest protection.</p><p><br></p><p>It is the key to my survival,</p><p>The flame that refuses to dim,</p><p>The essence of who I am.</p><p>Not just a shield but the architect of my destiny.</p>
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