Here, The Quiet Will Speak - Where Silence Becomes A Voice

In the echoes of gunfire, exploding bombs, and falling walls, the voices of children are often forgotten. Yet they still cry, dream, and hope just like everyone else. Here, The Quiet Will Speak gathers the imagined thoughts of children caught in war – their lost childhood, their fear, their grief, and the fragile hope they cling to while remaining unheard.

Through vivid imagery and raw emotion, these poems trace abandoned playgrounds, the sorrow of displacement, and the despair of being forgotten by the world. Yet within the rubble, a flicker of resilience endures – a belief that kindness may return them home where their hearts belong. Each poem is a tender imagining of what children in war might say if they were ever given the chance to speak.

This collection is not a lament, but a call to remind us that even in war, the unspoken voices of children still whisper of a future where peace can bloom and where the war may steal their world, but it cannot steal their dreams. The poems are not the children’s voices, but the poet’s attempt to honour what those children might have said, had the world made space for their words.
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