Not All Hurts Are Loud

There are moments when the silence becomes unbearable—when someone you care about chooses to avoid you, to not speak, to look away. And in those moments, when your heart feels too heavy and your eyes quietly let go of tears, you wonder—who even notices? Who watches your tears when no one is looking?

People talk about trust so casually, as if it’s just a word, just a feeling. But trust isn’t given—it’s built. Slowly, gently, through the smallest actions. It’s not about grand gestures or promises shouted in the heat of emotion. It’s about showing up. It’s about following through with the little things you once said you’d do. It’s the consistency in care, the effort in listening, the patience in staying.

Trust doesn’t always break with betrayal. Sometimes, it breaks in silence. In the absence of presence. In not being there when someone needed you, even if they didn’t say it out loud. It breaks when someone you relied on forgets what they once promised—not through words, but through inaction. Through distance. Through letting go when they once swore to hold on.

And that kind of hurt—it’s quiet. It doesn’t scream. But it lingers. It stays in the corners of your heart where no one looks. And still, no one sees those tears.

So who really watches your pain, your quiet heartbreak, your invisible wounds?

Maybe no one.
Or maybe, just maybe, the right one will—one day.