Writing Prompt

“I knew, I knew what was happening. And I’m sorry I didn’t help you, I’m sorry I didn’t acknowledge you. I’m sorry I turned a blind eye to your pain.” She paused before she continued again

She didn’t look at me, wouldn’t meet my eyes. She knows that if she did, I would see the guilt on her face.

The vulnerability.

I wasn’t upset that she didn’t help, at first I was. Who wouldn’t? It was in her...

I was quiet, but

I was not blind

I always knew what

They would say

No matter

How silent

But I stayed

And listened

I never said a word

Bad about y’all

I was always there for

My supposed ‘Best Friends’

Did whatever to make yall

Happy even if it hurt me

It did hurt me mentally in a

Way I never believed it could

Haven’t seen or heard

From yall in over a year

Quite refreshing

I have t...

_“Mothers, most anyway, are the start and end of their child’s future. They nurse, teach, and take care of their children. It is nature.”_

_— Hidden Dew_

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**_Age 12_**

Mommy was acting suspicious.

I couldn’t tell it from her face, of course, but when ever Father got near her, she tensed up like a spring coil.

It should be me acting that way, though. I was the one with something to...

_“‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ What a truthful saying. And sometimes, even further, that enemy of your enemy can become more. That’s what I see in the storybooks, anyway.”_

_— Double Down Under_

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**Age 12**

“They said no?” Miss Amy looked down at me sadly as I wrote harsh lines in my notebook to calm myself.

_Hatred_. That was what was flowing through me. My face did no...

I was quiet, but I was not blind.

I saw my reflection in the mirror,

and every time I did, I wished I didn’t.

The image I saw was scarcely kind,

but couldn’t be any clearer....

I was quiet but not blind,

I was silent and you’ll find,

That silence isn’t nice,

You start seeing things eye to eye.

Whispers echo along the walls,

A reminder to lock the doors,

Because once you realise I can hear,

You may be in fear,

Fear that your words,

Your promises,

Your lies,

Are now mine.

I can still see clear as day,

When you struck blood because it was the only way,

You deceive,

You...

Railyn sits there as they talk. Still holding his hand. He was _her_ boyfriend but the way that he talking to Tracy brought doubt raining all over her parade.

They went to highschool together so it wasn’t odd for them to chat but normally you would talk to an old friend like you haven’t seen them in a while. The way Aiden talked to Tracy seemed like they have been talking to each other a lot rec...

She sat there in the corner every afternoon. While the rest of the world carried on its necessary functions, she simply stilled and silenced herself. She wasn’t waiting for anything. She wasn’t hoping to share her thoughts or planning some grand scheme to save the world. She simply watched.

She learned about life from that corner. Occasionally she’d turn her attention to a book when the chaos ar...

I was quiet,

But I was not blind.

I never said a word,

But I saw the signs.

Whispers become loud

When they echo in your mind.

Screams are still there

When they’re hard to find.

Wings still flap

When they’re in a cage.

Scars still hurt

When they heal with age.

You never saw

My disastrous fall.

You never heard

My unspoken word.

You never knew

What I never let show through....

It's amazing how little attention people pay to you when you're the quiet kid. How deeply you melt into the background, how quickly they forget your presence. Particularly when you're both the quiet and good kid. The kid who never screams for attention, lashes out, or sneaks around. Especially when you're the quiet, good kid in a large family of not-so-quiet, not-so-good kids, who all scream, lash...