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Little do you know How I learned to cry without a sound Little do you know How I stopped expecting you around Little do you know I was breaking while you held your ground Little do you know I needed you that time Beneath the strength I wore to make you proud Was a child still screaming, not allowed Some nights I survived things I’ll never speak aloud Little do you know I needed you that time I stayed, I stayed When your whole world crashed in waves I stayed When you were drowning in your pain I stayed Put myself last, again and again But little did you see No one ever stayed for me Little do you know I carried burdens not my own Little do you know I fought those battles all alone Little do you know The cracks ran deeper than they’d shown Little do you know I needed you that time You call it distance, call it pride But where were you when I was barely alive? You ask for peace, for things to slide Like nothing ever fractured my mind I’ll heal, I’ll heal But healing doesn’t mean it’s sealed I’ll heal It doesn’t make the past unreal I’ll heal And I won’t shrink to fit what you feel Little do you know Love isn’t silence when someone’s low Little do you know Forgiveness isn’t pretending it didn’t show Little do you know I was the first to show And the last to receive What I gave so freely So little do you know I don’t hate you — I’ve just grown Little do you know I found my strength alone And I won’t beg to be seen anymore.
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Feb 20
Feb 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM UTC
Little Do You Know
Little do you know How I learned to cry without a sound Little do you know How I stopped expecting you around Little do you know I was breaking while you held your ground Little do you know I needed you that time Beneath the strength I wore to make you proud Was a child still screaming, not allowed Some nights I survived things I’ll never speak aloud Little do you know I needed you that time I stayed, I stayed When your whole world crashed in waves I stayed When you were drowning in your pain I stayed Put myself last, again and again But little did you see No one ever stayed for me Little do you know I carried burdens not my own Little do you know I fought those battles all alone Little do you know The cracks ran deeper than they’d shown Little do you know I needed you that time You call it distance, call it pride But where were you when I was barely alive? You ask for peace, for things to slide Like nothing ever fractured my mind I’ll heal, I’ll heal But healing doesn’t mean it’s sealed I’ll heal It doesn’t make the past unreal I’ll heal And I won’t shrink to fit what you feel Little do you know Love isn’t silence when someone’s low Little do you know Forgiveness isn’t pretending it didn’t show Little do you know I was the first to show And the last to receive What I gave so freely So little do you know I don’t hate you — I’ve just grown Little do you know I found my strength alone And I won’t beg to be seen anymore.
This piece is for anyone who was always the strong one but felt unseen. Healing doesnt erase the past it teaches you to carry it differently. Time wont change what happened, but it softens the weight. It really does get better, slowly and quietly. If no one stayed for you, learn to stay for yourself.
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Feb 20
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