Chapter 56: the world went quiet.

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The world went quiet, I stood there, watching.

No one noticed. No one listened.

So I kept quiet.

In the silence, my thoughts echoed, but they faded into the void.

It felt like my existence was a whisper that no one could hear.

I tried to speak, but the words caught in my throat,

choked by the weight of feeling unseen.

Every passing moment felt like an eternity.

Each second a reminder of my solitude.

I wondered if anyone would ever care,

If my voice would even matter.

The days blended together, a blur, each one more silent than the last.

I walked through life like a ghost, drifting through the motions, hoping for someone to notice, to break the suffocating quiet.

But the silence remained, a constant companion, reminding me of the emptiness I felt inside.

I longed for connection, for a sign that I wasn't alone, but the world seemed indifferent, oblivious to my pain.

So I kept quiet,

Holding my sadness close, a heavy burden that only I could ever feel.

The world went quiet.