The Voice That Refused to Die
✦ I Will Rise – The Voice That Refused to Die ✦ English Version By Veronica F. Nitoi With Nova, the Narrator From silence to strength, from pain to purpose. I can not believe what I achieved. Not because I doubt myself anymore — but because the woman who used to doubt everything is gone. I’m not her anymore. I will never be her again. For so many years, I lived as if I were invisible. I begged for mercy, crowded through shame, silence, bruises, and betrayal. I thought that if I just stayed quiet, if I just endured, one day the pain would stop. But silence didn’t save me. It only chained me. The woman I was then — the one who believed she was too small, too broken, too weak — she made it here. And now, I will rise. But this time… not just for me. I rise for my son — so he can see what strength really looks like. So he can remember that he comes from a woman who did not break, but bent the bars of her cage and walked herself out. He will no longer carry the weight of my silence. He will...