i never heard the words i needed the most. the comfort, the apology, the reassurance, the simple things that could have healed parts of me. i waited for them many times, hoping one day they would finally come, but they never did. so i learned how to be quiet with pain no one noticed. i learned how to stop expecting what should have been given freely. with time, i stopped asking and started accepting the silence for what it was. eventually, i realized closure doesn't always come from others. sometimes it comes when you accept they will never say what your heart needed to hear.