Welcome to Voices — a space for voices from the unheard.
Here, we don’t polish pain to make it palatable. We publish it as it is: fractured, searching, rising. These are the stories that often go unnoticed — the inner worlds of those who’ve lived through silence, stigma, and survival. Voices isn’t just a page; it’s a platform for truth. Whether whispered or screamed, every word here belongs to someone who refused to stay quiet. Welcome to the voices of the unheard.
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Knives
His nerves are sharpand jumpy from speedas he whets the bladeof his fillet knife.He hasn’t workedin more than a week,and he blew…
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Comrades
Mike was the only kid in grade school who used a power wheelchair. His shyness and soft-spoken nature faded him into the…
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Lost or Stolen or Strayed
Dear Mom:These are the first two wordsOf a letter my therapist wants me to write.He says it could be—Or is itShould be?—An…
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As You Are About To Find Out
I am a nocturnal survivor.My recall experiences excel.What is mistaken as a dead end,is flawed territorial experience.The language, hard and harsh,spills the…
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Ger After Words?
Buz RIP Though I’ve thought lots about death yet not much regards how survivors hold me when gone afterward, now with my…
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The Babylon Project
Jenny from the projects,lives in subsidized housing,drugs outlawedlike open cells and black truthin little white lines on the glass coffee table. She’s…
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The Tree
The scene stayed in her mind. Some images grew sharper. Some smells too. Others faded, like shapes dissolving into fog. It was…
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Bonita in 1973
Something new to talk with Dr. Shapiro about: A few days after Nixon ordered the troops home from Vietnam, Daniel met Bonita…
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The Ocean Floor of My Life
So far, most of themorning, I’ve been studyingthe deep-sea map ofwater-stains on my bedroomceiling, wonderinghow the ocean floor of mylife could, inversely,become…
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Morning Walks Through The Cemetery
The old dog lifts aleg on several headstonesas he leads the oldman on their morning walk throughthe cemetery where manyof his old…
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