"No one ever heard my voice, not in a crowd, not in a quiet room.
Not at home , not at school.
Even while being around my friends I felt suffocated.
Forgotten.
Unimportant.
Voiceless."
Aamu has little to no courage, but lots of thoughts she would like to convey. Her voice,
however, cannot seem to reach others and she feels overpowered by the shouting world. She
wonders, how on Earth would anyone want to listen to what she has to say, when there were so
many others yelling louder than her. Why would her thoughts matter?
Feeling down, she comes across an old-school voice recorder. At home, she empties her heart to
it, hoping to find her voice again. Maybe someone will hear my voice at least through these
records, she thought hopefully. Everyday, she would speak out her mind, pour out her hopes and
dreams, hoping that someday it would reach someone, far far away.
Will it reach you?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
*****
It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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