Fragments of Quiet

Everybody’s carrying something

You just don’t always see it

Some wounds make noise Some learn how to breathe quietly

Some people smile with a war in their chest

Say “I’m alright” when they’re barely at rest Everybody’s got a story

they rarely explain Different faces,

different names, same human pain

Some lost love,

some lost trust Some built a wall because breaking was enough Some

work all day just to silence the night Some hold everybody else

while they’re losing the fight

We all bleed in places

Nobody can see

We all need somebody

To say, “You can breathe”

Human pain, we all know the sound

Even when we hide it,

it still comes around

Different roads, but the tears fall the same

Different scars, but we carry human pain

Human pain, nobody walks untouched

Some need a hand,

some don’t ask for much If you’ve got a heart,

you’ve got something to lose So be gentle with the people you

meet and the people you knew

There’s a father who regrets what he never said A mother lying

awake with a thousand thoughts in her head

A kid learning early not to ask for too much An old

man missing someone he can’t bring back with a touch There’s a

friend who disappeared, not because they don’t care Maybe life got heavy

and they couldn’t stay there There’s a stranger on the train staring

down at the floor

Carrying a heartbreak they’ve never told before

You don’t know

What somebody survived

You don’t know

What they hide behind their eyes

Pain doesn’t always look like tears Sometimes it looks like anger after

years Sometimes it looks like working until you collapse Sometimes it’s laughing

loud so nobody asks Sometimes people hurt people because they’re hurt Not

an excuse, just a wound beneath the dirt And healing ain’t pretty,

it ain’t always fast Some days you move forward,

some days face the past

Maybe strength is not pretending

Maybe courage is admitting

“I don’t have the answer

But I’m still here”

Maybe love is simply staying

When the words have lost their meaning

Sitting in the silence

Until the fear

disappears

Human pain, we all know the sound Even when we hide it,

it still comes around Different roads,

but the tears fall the same

Different scars, but we carry human pain Human pain,

nobody walks untouched Some need a hand,

some don’t ask for much If you’ve got a heart,

you’ve got something to lose

So be gentle with the people you meet and the people you

knew

Everybody’s carrying something

Some things never get said

So if somebody’s struggling

Don’t be so quick

to judge their steps