Scars written in silence

Sample · The Girl Who Learned to Be Silent

I learned silence before I learned to speak.I learned that some woundsdo not bleed where people can see them.Some pain hides beneath sleeves,behind smiles,inside the quiet corners of a child's heart.I learned to say “I'm fine”when everything inside me was screaming.I learned to laughwhen I wanted to cry,to look awaywhen memories came too close,and to swallow my questionsbecause nobody seemed ready for the answers.They called me quiet.They never knewhow loud my silence was.Every unwanted touchleft a question behind:Was it my fault?Every betrayalmade me wonder:Was I not worth protecting?And every time someone hurt me,a little piece of my innocencedisappeared without saying goodbye.I became good at pretending.Good at smiling.Good at hiding.Good at carrying thingsthat were far too heavyfor such a young heart.But the truth is—I was never weak.I was a childtrying to survive thingsa child shoul...

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