There is a massive difference between a reflex and a response.
A reflex is mindless; a response is a choice.
When I stay quiet, I’m usually in the “processing” phase.
I noticed the sting, but I’m choosing not to perform my hurt for an audience.
It’s a mellow, striking form of self-respect.

By the time I do speak, if I speak at all, the emotion has been filtered through logic.
Don’t mistake my stillness for a lack of feeling.
I saw exactly what happened; I just refuse to let it dictate my next move.

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