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Student @ Redeemers University
Cries of the Forgotten, If They Could Be Heard
<p>If the forgotten could speak,</p><p>they wouldn’t scream.</p><p>They’d whisper —</p><p>because screaming never worked.</p><p>Their voices would sound like tired breaths</p><p>caught in the chest,</p><p>like sentences that end halfway</p><p>because no one ever stayed long enough</p><p>to hear the rest.</p><p>They would say,</p><p>I was here.</p><p>I waited.</p><p>I mattered — didn’t I?</p><p>But the world moves fast,</p><p>and silence is easy to miss.</p><p>So they learned to disappear politely,</p><p>to make their pain small,</p><p>to exist without taking up space.</p><p>The forgotten are not always alone —</p><p>sometimes they’re surrounded,</p><p>yet unseen.</p><p>Laughing on cue.</p><p>Nodding when expected.</p><p>Breaking quietly when no one’s watching.</p><p>If their cries were audible,</p><p>they wouldn’t beg.</p><p>They’d ask simple things:</p><p>Why was I so easy to leave?</p><p>Why did my absence feel lighter than my presence?</p><p>They carry memories no one asks about,</p><p>grief without a witness,</p><p>names that don’t get called anymore.</p><p>And maybe the saddest truth is this:</p><p>they didn’t want saving.</p><p>They just wanted to be remembered</p><p>while they were still alive.</p><p>Somewhere between being overlooked</p><p>and being forgotten,</p><p>they learned how to survive without hope —</p><p>and that kind of survival</p><p>leaves scars deeper than pain.</p><p>If you listen closely,</p><p>you might still hear them —</p><p>not in words,</p><p>but in the silence</p><p>that lingers too long.</p><p>The End.</p><p>Credits: Confidential 🙂</p>
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