Taking Souls

Have you ever looked into the eyes of a man whose will has been broken?
Not defeated. Broken.

The fire is gone.
Empty. Hollow.
Like something was pulled from inside him.
Like a soul has been taken.

That is what it means to take a soul.
It happens in a glance, a word, a presence so strong it strips someone bare.
When energy is drained, when focus is stolen, when attention is pulled — something leaves them.
Not pride. Not ego. Something deeper.

Every interaction is an exchange.
Someone leaves stronger. Someone leaves weaker.
Most never notice it — but the change is there, etched in the eyes and the stance.

Some people leave others drained, powerless.
Others leave conversations on fire, alive, unstoppable — because energy was given.

The ones who understand this know how to draw energy toward themselves.
They make others focus on them, talk about them, think about them.
Every moment attention lingers — a piece of power shifts.

That’s why the warriors of old wore bright feathers, gold, and armor that caught the sun.
They knew how to take souls through envy and jealousy.
When people think of you while you refuse to think of them —
you grow stronger.

Energy moves constantly — through words, glances, presence.
Every time someone feels more or less alive, powerful, fulfilled —
it’s the result of an exchange.

Pay attention.
Thats why some people bloom while others rot.

-Yanni