Quiet Strength
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He never gave a speech about his values,
never sat us down to make it clear—
he simply lived them in the daily,
showed us what he meant by being here.
Quiet strength is the most powerful kind,
the kind that doesn't need an audience or stage,
that doesn't raise its voice to prove itself
but simply turns the unassailable page.
I have met loud men with small resolve
and quiet men who moved the earth—
my father was the latter kind,
and I am still computing his worth.
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He never gave a speech about his values,
never sat us down to make it clear—
he simply lived them in the daily,
showed us what he meant by being here.
Quiet strength is the most powerful kind,
the kind that doesn't need an audience or stage,
that doesn't raise its voice to prove itself
but simply turns the unassailable page.
I have met loud men with small resolve
and quiet men who moved the earth—
my father was the latter kind,
and I am still computing his worth.
