Dedication To You
For the ones who were abandoned when their world went quiet.
If no one stayed once you stopped hearing them—I understand. Silence changes everything.
And if no one wanted the version of you shaped by that silence—I would have.
Because I don’t want to be loved for the man I was before the noise died. I want to be accepted for who I am now—deaf, damaged, and still wanting.
If you could accept me like this...I’d be yours in ways I can’t take back.
—Evander Hale